andy moore, bbc news.a have developed a new net which could save more than a million lives. treated with insecticides, they reduce the lifespan of mosquitoes carrying the disease. a trial of the nets has already reduced the number of children catching malaria in west africa. megan paterson reports. after two decades of decline, malaria rates in some parts of sub—saharan africa are rising. mosquitoes have become resistant to existing insecticides. that is where this new net, treated with different chemicals, will help. it looks like an ordinary net, but it's robust, and most importantly contains the insecticide inside the fibres. and it leeches it out slowly over time. so you can wash this net 20 times, but it still has insecticide on it. it's still protective, it still will protect people against mosquitoes. so this is a very sophisticated piece of equipment. it doesn't look it, but it is. and for you, that would cost about $2 a net, so it is very cheap. the bed nets have already been tested in burkina fas

andy moore, bbc news.second day of fighting between taliban militants and government forces in the south—eastern city of ghazni. officials said the city is back under government control, but that the taliban militants are still fighting in outlying areas. 0ur south asia editor jill mcgivering reports. bonds and shells exploding on the outskirts of ghazni. 0nce bonds and shells exploding on the outskirts of ghazni. once again, not just the countryside by the provincial capital is under attack by taliban militants, and it is an important one. ghazni is a strategic date way, linking the capital, kabul, and the south. the afghan government was keen to reassure the public that it is far from lost. translation: our armed forces have re—established control of the city of ghazni. fighting is still going on in the outskirts. we are also sending more troops to the area. the fighting has closed the main highway, leaving many stranded and afraid. it has revealed tensions, as well, between kabul and provincial politici

andy moore reports. what the hell?ked witnesses flying low over the islands of puget sound. oh, my god. what is happening right now? ok, but why has it gotjets? it was pursued by at least two f—15 military jets. the authorities said those aircraft escorted the plane out of harm's way, but were not instrumental in bringing it down. what the hell is this guy doing? whilst he was performing aerobatic manoeuvres, the 29—year—old man at the controls was talking to air traffic control. the man piloting the plane said he would perform a last barrel roll and then call it a night. he crashed into a sparsely populated island, causing this fire. there was the loud boom, and i looked at her and said, "what, did they drop a bomb over there?" and that really must have been it. 0ur information now is there was only one person on the plane, and that was the person flying the plane. there is no indication that this person who was flying the plane was trying to damage anything or attack anything. that man said himself he was not a quali

andy moore, bbc news.at a military factory in wiltshire has killed one man and left another man in a critical condition in hospital. the dead man is a 29 year—old man from southampton who was pronounced dead at the scene. chemring countermeasures — which is based near salisbury — makes products to protect military ships and aircraft from attack. the police said the incident was under control and there was no risk to the public. ianjohns is the group manufacturing director at the factory. he gave this statement on the incident. first and foremost we would like to extend our condolences to the families and loved ones of the two men involved. obviously our thoughts and prayers are with those two individuals at this moment in time. i can confirm that at approximately 5pm yesterday evening an incident occurred at chemring countermeasures in salisbury. regrettably, one employee was fatally injured. another employee is currently receiving treatment in hospital. the emergency services attended the scene and the in

andy moore, bbc news.b rees—mogg has accused his party leadership of subjecting boris johnson to "a kangaroo court", over comments he made about the niqab and the burqa. mr rees—mogg suggested the issue had become a "proxy battle" in the conservative's divisions over brexit. 0ur political correspondent jessica parker is here. jessica, remind us of what the story is that we are still talking about six days after his article first appeared. this is all after boris johnson said that women who and the niqab look somewhat like letterboxes oi’ niqab look somewhat like letterboxes or bank robbers and the prime minister echoed calls for an apology. the party is now looking into whether he possibly breached its code of conduct. but in an article today for for the daily telegraph, jacob rees—mogg, a prominent brexiteer mp, questioned mrjohnson‘s critics, asking whether there was a nervousness that they wa nt there was a nervousness that they want and probably future leadership contender was becoming too popular. he

andy moore, bbc news.ipaul has a memorial march has been taking place in cha rlottesville, virginia, to mark a year since a protestor was killed following clashes that were triggered by a neo—nazi rally in the city. 32—year—old anti—racism campaigner heather heyer died after a suspected white nationalist ploughed his car into a crowd. president trump has tweeted that "the riots in charlottesville resulted in senseless death and division." he said "we must come together as a nation. i condemn all types of racism and acts of violence. peace to all americans." the tweet contrasts to comments he made last year which condemned what he called "violence on both sides." scientists working to stop the spread of malaria have developed a new net which could save more than a million lives. the teams from the uk, switzerland and burkino faso have created a new bed net treated with insecticides. they reduce the life span of mosquitoes carrying the disease. a trial of the nets has already reduced the number of children c

andy moore, bbc news.en—year—old boy in a fire in south london have arrested two men. the body ofjoel urhie was found at his home in deptford on tuesday. his mother and sister managed to escape from the house. live now to our correspondent, simonjones, who's outside new scotland yard. what is the latest? the police have described the fire as horrific, saying it has shattered the lives of the family. seven—year—old joel was found dead by firefighters in the early hours of tuesday morning. he had dreamt of becoming a firefighter himself when he became older. his sister and his mother were in the house at the time the fire broke out. they managed to escape by jumping from a first—floor window. we understand his mother is still being treated in hospital. police have been examining cctv and going through the house and today they have arrested two men aged 21 and 29 on suspicion of murder and suspicion of attempted murder and arson with intent to endanger life. they are being questioned in south london. joel urh

andy moore, bbc news.ll look for new friends and allies unless washington stops its unilateralism and disrespect — that is the warning from the turkish president recep tayyip erdogan. his comments follow president trump's doubling of tariffs on metal imports from turkey — a move which helped drive the turkish currency, the lira, to record lows on friday. joe lynam reports. crowds were out in force in northern turkey today in support of their president in this escalating and very public row between two nato allies. this dispute could destabilise the middle east and global markets. and today, president erdogan did nothing to calm the situation. he told supporters that the economy was not in a crisis nor going bankrupt and the fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate were "missiles in an economic war waged against turkey". although president erdogan may be standing firm, his currency, the turkish lira, was collapsing. it's down 40% so far this year against the us dollar. yesterday alone it fell by 14%. that

andy moore is at bristol crown court for us. andy, what happened in court this morning?d reminded their case this morning and reminded thejury their case this morning and reminded the jury first of all about the charge of affray, which is often used after a fight at a nightclub or after a football disturbance. the prosecutor said that it was violence where a person of reasonable firmness would fear for their personal safety. now, he firmness would fear for their personalsafety. now, he said in this case ben stokes may have started off defending himself, because he was threatened with a bottle, but after that, the video footage plainly and clearly show that ben stokes moved from defence and became the aggressor himself. the prosecution talked about ben sto kes' the prosecution talked about ben stokes' performance in the witness box, and they said he was seeking to explain and justify himself, he was plainly lying, he acted deplorably as the red mist came down. we also heard from gordon cole, defending ben stokes, who said there were big holes in the prosecution case, it w

andy moore reporting.aly fear there's little hope of finding any more survivors of the bridge collapse in genoa. 38 people have been confirmed dead but up to 20 are unaccounted for. a state funeral for the victims of the distater will be held on saturday. caroline davies reports. piece by piece, the parts of this disaster are being pulled apart. rescuers continue to hunt through the rubble, but two days on, the hope that they will find any life under the blocks of concrete is fading. we did not recover any person this night. we are recovering parts of vehicles. we are trying to understand how many vehicles are still under the rubble, and we are working on rough estimates of the vehicles and the number of vehicles which were on the bridge. with every day, new stories of those who escaped. the driver of this truck stopped metres from the collapse. he told an italian newspaper that moments before, he had slowed down when a car overtook him. seconds later, the bridge shook and the car disappeared over the edge

andy moore, bbc news.ilitary factory in wiltshire has killed one person and left another in a serious condition. kemring counter measures, which is based near salisbury, makes products to protect ships and aircraft from attack. the police said the incident was under control and there was no risk to the public. officials in new south wales in australia say the army could be deployed to help farmers as the worst drought in living memory continues to take its toll. the state government says the miltary could be called in to help transport animal feed and water to badly hit communities in the outback. a warm, dry winter has left many farmers struggling to survive and little rain is expected in the months ahead. caroline lumley is executive manager of communications and engagement at tamworth regional council in new south wales, who have been running forums to help farmers. thank you, i know you have stayed up late to speak to us and we appreciate that. tell us about the work that you've been doing in your area

andy moore, bbc news. a military factory in wiltshire was a 29—year—old man from southampton. kem—ring counter measures — which is based near salisbury — makes products to protect ships and aircraft from attack. another man was injured and is being treated in hospital. officials in new south wales in australia say the army could be deployed to help farmers as the worst drought in living memory continues to take its toll the state government says the miltary could be called in to help transport animal feed and water to badly hit communities in the outback. a warm, dry winter has left many farmers struggling to survive and little rain is expected in the months ahead. caroline lumley is executive manager of communications and engagement at tamworth regional council in new south wales, who have been running forums to help farmers. i asked her what are the most pressing needs for farmers at the moment. look, i think at the moment, feed is a really big one. the most urgent thing is water. we are at that point no

andy moore, bbc news. a military factory in wiltshire has killed one person and left another in a critical condition. chemring countermeasures, which is based near salisbury, makes products to protect military ships and aircraft from attack. the police said the incident was under control and there was no risk to the public. the maker of roundup weedkiller is insisting british consumers are safe to use the product, after a court in the united states ordered them to pay the equivalent of £196 million to a man who became terminally ill after using the firm's weedkillers. in a landmark case, a californian jury found that monsanto knew its weedkillers were dangerous and failed to warn consumers. james cook reports. dwayne johnson applied monsanto's roundup and ranger pro herbicides up to 30 times a year. now 46 years old, and dying of non—hodgkin's lymphoma, he held his head in his hands after the judge related the jury's verdict. glyphosate did present a substantial danger. monsanto had been negligent in faili

andy moore, bbc news.ate, jay inslee, sent this tweet about the incident. he said responsible fighters flew alongside the craft and were ready to do whatever was responsible to protect it, yet the man flying the plane crashed. it's a mission 60 years in the making — but nasa's solar probe launch will have to wait one more day, after its scheduled ta ke—off was cancelled. we have expanded our window for the launch tonight. we are going for a 24 launch tonight. we are going for a 2a hour turnaround time. it's one of the space agency's most ambitious missions and will send a probe into the sun's atmosphere for the first time. the rocket carrying the parker solar probe was scheduled to blast off from cape canaveral, in florida, around 8.30am this morning — but after an hour of delays the launch was rescheduled for tomorrow. scientists hope the seven—year mission will gather data to help understand the solar storms which can disrupt satellite communications. we're joined now by professor tim horbury, professor

andy moore, bbc news.efines israel as a principally jewish state and removes arabic as an official language. bbc arabic‘s nawal assad reports from the rally. thousands of israeli arabs came to the heart of tel aviv, near rabin square, to demonstrate in a big rally with thousands participating, demanding to abolition of this controversial law. the law does not make them equal to otherjewish citizens in the state of israel. they are carrying banners which is demanding justice, and they are also calling for other jews to support them in their quest. i just want to remind our viewers that these arabs are actually forming 20% of the israeli population, which the new israeli state law says they are not equal with the otherjews who are citizens of the state of israel. nawal assad, bbc, tel aviv. scientists working to stop the spread of malaria have developed a new net which could save more than a million lives. treated with insecticides, they reduce the lifespan of mosquitoes carrying the disease. a trial of the

andy moore, bbc news.etropolitan police has spent almost half a billion pounds on overtime in the last five years, the highest amount in the country. on average officers in the uk worked nearly a hundred hours over each in one year. the home office says forces can apply for additional funding when their staffing is stretched. emma north reports. from terror attacks to a visit by donald trump, from protests to processions, the metropolitan police deal with events faced by few other forces. the frequency and type of challenges haven't dropped but police numbers have. two years ago, there were a little over 32,000 metropolitan police officers. a year later, that number had dropped by about 600. the current figure now stands at less than 30,000 police officers. but while the staffing levels fall, the overtime bill has gone up. in 2016, the bill was £92.5 million. in april this year, the overtime cost £107 million. the total paid out in overtime in the last five years, almost £0.5 billion. it seems like a lot b

andy moore, bbc news.s tax in the uk last year than the year before — even though it saw a hugejump in profits. the company insists it pays what is required and is investing heavily in the uk. our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones is with me. so what is going on here first, in terms of the figures? this is about one part of amazon's operations in the uk, amazon services uk, the warehouse and delivery system that delivers parcels notjust for amazon but for a bunch of other sellers. it has seen a big rise in profits, up from £24 million in 2016 up to 72 million in 2017, but over the same period, its tax bill has gone down and it actually paid less than that because some of the tax ended up being deferred. but a lot of this falling tax paid is about to share scheme that amazon has, just about everybody in the business gets given shares, they have made big profits in those shares because the price has risen and amazon is allowed to write that off, it is in the tax code, allowed to write it off against

andy moore, bbc news. our top story this lunchtime. implicates him in criminal behaviour. and still to come — why an airport terminal building and the office of a bike manufacturer have now been given listed status by historic england. coming up in the sport in the next 15 minutes on bbc news: it's all over in the space of three overs at trent bridge as india beat england by 203 runs in the third test. rya nair has apologised after nearly 190 customers who were owed compensation for cancelled and delayed flights were given cheques that bounced. a bbc investigation found that a number of customers were charged extra fees after banks rejected unsigned cheques. the airline said it had sent out 20,000 cheques last month and blamed the problem on an "administrative error". since april, more than one million ryanair passengers in europe have had delayed or cancelled flights after the airline was hit by strikes and air traffic control problems. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge reports. there have been a few wobbles for ryanair this su

andy moore, bbc news. within the labour party. we are just hearing thejeremy corbyn, the labour leader, has written an article for the guardian which the paper has just put on its website. he has acknowledged as part of this piece that there is a real problem. that is a quote. he is rejecting the idea that the party throws is any —— poses a threat to the jewish community in the uk. he says, i will root out anti—semites within labour. they do not speak for me. i am paraphrasing a fairly lengthy article. but clearly, it would appear he has written a piece now that endeavour to be a rebuttal of the criticism that has surrounded him. there have been senior people within the party criticising him and the way the party has handled this. and he says is part of this that labour has been too slow in processing cases involving anti—semitism. that is developing use, jeremy corbyn writing for the guardian. there is doubtless more to come on that this evening. regular exposure to even low levels of air pollution may ca

andy moore, bbc news. and chris woakes have put england in a strong position on the third day of the second test against india at lord's. their partnership earned the hosts a lead of 178 runs, with england 291 for five in a rain—affected match. patrick gearey watched the action. after yesterday's storm damage, a short sunlit stroll would take england beyond india. jennings was lbw. alastair cook was caught behind off ishant sharma, 32—2. it wasn't long before another lbw, new boy 0llie pope trapped for 28 by pandya. mohammed shami to joe 0llie pope trapped for 28 by pandya. mohammed shami tojoe root, different bowler, same results. that finger again. it accounted forjoss buttler, too. but india were soon behind. ina buttler, too. but india were soon behind. in a game where guns are so scarce, 50 is a fortune. jonny ba i rstow scarce, 50 is a fortune. jonny bairstow was the first in the match to get this far. he took england into a valuable lead. the mood was changing. chris woa kes into a valuable lead. th

andy moore reports.land with a population ofjust 20, causing this fire. police confirmed it was not a terrorist incident. they said it involved just one man, a 29—year—old local resident who wanted to take his own life. alaska airlines said a small commuter plane owned by sister carrier horizon had been stolen from seattle?tacoma international airport. while he was in the air, the pilot was talking to air traffic control and it's been reported that two militaryjets were sent up to intercept him. apparently the plane was taken from seattle?tacoma airport. 0ur information now is that there was only one person on the plane and that was the person flying the plane. i understand they might have been doing some air stunts. i know that some aircraft were scrambled from the air force base. there is no indication that this person who was flying the plane was trying to damage or attack anything. eyewitness voiceover: 0k, but why has it gotjets? this is eyewitness footage of the stolen plane being pursued by a jet.

andy moore reports.fjust 20, causing this fire. police confirmed it was not a terrorist incident. they said it involved just one man, a 29—year—old local resident who wanted to take his own life. alaska airlines said a small commuter plane owned by sister carrier horizon had been stolen from seattle?tacoma international airport. while he was in the air, the pilot was talking to air traffic control. it's been reported that two f—15 military jets were sent up to intercept him. apparently the plane was taken from seattle?tacoma airport. 0ur information now is that there was only one person on the plane, and that was the person flying the plane. i understand the person may have been doing some air stunts. i know that some aircraft were scrambled from the air force base. there is no indication that this person who was flying the plane was trying to damage or attack anything. eyewitness voiceover: 0k, but why has it got jets? this is eyewitness footage of the stolen plane being pursued by a jet. the man at the

andy moore reports.t he was acting in self—defense that yes he did in the vault in a fight with these two men, but he was acting in his own self—defense and to protect gay men who were being homophobic leak of use. we heard from ryan, one of the men who were attacked, and he said he was involved in some sort of ba nter he was involved in some sort of banter with the two men, he was not abusing them in any way and then he suddenly saw a tall blond man charging at him. this was ben stokes. he did not know why ben stokes. he did not know why ben stokes was rushing at him. he said later on perhaps he wasjust stokes was rushing at him. he said later on perhaps he was just angry that night and looking for a fight. he did admit that he brandished a bottle at some stage. again, he said that was in self—defense. he took ben stokes in a headlock at one stage, again that wishes to comment down. earlier on, we heard ben stokes himself and he said a lot of the incident he could not remember. he was asked why he could

with some timely roadside assistance, here's andy moore beside the m5.his is all heading down towards the west country, moving very slowly at the moment. that line of traffic, if you are stuck in that at the moment, it is about 20 miles of very slow moving traffic and it would take you about an hour to negotiate that stretch of motorway. highways england have removed cones from about 300 miles of network and they say 97% of the major roads are free of roadworks. but there are bound to be problems. the hotspots tomorrow are predicted to be in leicestershire, the m1northbound and the macron southbound around the west midlands and the a303, any routes heading down towards the west country. problem is on the train as well. london euston station will be closed over the weekend because of major works around wembleyjunction. the west coast mainline are advising passengers not to travel at all into and out of london if they can manage it. if you want to avoid traffic jams like this, the advice is to start out early or to travel late, because the worst traffic co

andy moore, bbc news.response to infection and is triggered by infection but in sepsis the immune system goes into overdrive and if we do not stop it it starts to damage organs. it is not always as dramatic in that case but it is always deadly if we do not catch. deaths recorded in england sharply rising, what is that increase down to? it shows a worrying trend. these are conservative estimates. we would suggest the number of sepsis deaths in the uk is probably 44000 and it is about the differences in which the data are captured. the reasons, a large part of the difference is we have invested efforts in improving the way sepsis is recorded and recognised and treated but that does not explain all of the difference and we have seen increases in the us and we have seen increases in the us and scandinavian countries who have not had concerted campaign so it has to be due to other factors. we have an ageing population, there is the rising threat of antibiotics resista nce rising threat of antibiotics resistance

andy moore is in bristol. please bring us up to date.e waiting for ben stokes to leave court as the verdict came in just half an for ben stokes to leave court as the verdict came injust half an hour ago after thejury had verdict came injust half an hour ago after the jury had been out for around two and a half hours. as it was delivered, ben stokes closed his eyes, looked down, then. his wife, claire, who has been with him the whole time began to cry at that stage. his co—defendant also found not guilty, ryan ali and he left court a few moments ago and said he was relieved it was over but he had no further comment. andy, many thanks. a motorway bridge has partially collapsed in the italian city of genoa with dozens feared dead. the government says it fears an immense tragedy. the section of road that collapsed was over a river, and an area of the city. matt cole reports. the fear of those watching can clearly be heard as they watched the bridge structure crumbled. police have spoken of a violent cloudburst of rain at the time of the coll

that more than 1a million motorists will make journeys over the bumper weekend. 0ur correspondent, andy moore as they optimistically does not look too bad. i do not know. you can tell us more, andy. certainly the traffic is very heavy year. the getaway has got under way on the m5. this is heading down towards the west cou ntry this is heading down towards the west country and you can see down the hill there, a line of very slow moving traffic and it has been like those most of the day. if you are stuck in that line of traffic, it is taking about an hour to negotiate 20 miles of the m5. if you're coming down from london on the ma, at another half an hour to that. highways england have done their best to make the traffic flow as freely as possible. they have taken away major roadworks. that means that 97% of the major roads are corn free. they have done their bit. there are going to be bottlenecks like this. also heading down to the west country, especially tomorrow. problem areas tomorrow by the m1 northbound. the m5 southbound in the south midlands. problems on the trains. london euston discl

proposals, people would have to buy their pets from a registered breeder oi’ a rescue centre, as andy mooreimated that tens of thousands of animals are raised in puppy thousands of animals are raised in puppy farms every year and then sold onto an unsuspecting public. they mightappear onto an unsuspecting public. they might appear for sale in onto an unsuspecting public. they might appearfor sale in a onto an unsuspecting public. they might appear for sale in a pet shop will be advertised privately. the poster girl of a ban on third—party sales was a cavalier king charles spaniel called lucy. she was rescued from a puppy farm in a terrible condition after being kept for breeding ina condition after being kept for breeding in a cramped cage. more than 150,000 people signed a petition calling for what became known as lucy's law. animal charities have generally welcomed this government proposal. we believe that this has been a loophole for a number of years. the rspca has been investigating illegal trafficking of dogs both from the continent and in the uk, and we hope that this announcement wi

from humanitarian assistance through too high and -- andy moore. -- end war. greatbodiment of our britain. more than 14,000 personnel employed on operations around the globe. 19,000 preparing to deploy. currently they are in the north atlantic, commanding and direct doing anti-submarine warfare operations. keeping an eye on the undersea cables that underpin our systems. they are on the eastern fringes of europe, supporting nato's deterrence against a resurgent russia, policing the black sea, the baltic and, soon, icelandic skies. presence innato's estonia. in march, i visited our troops and estonia, close to the russian border. not surprisedbut by how many locals still saw britain as a liberator and protector, willing to stand up for their freedom as we have so often done in the past. our people are not just in estonia, they are in poland to, proudly operating with a u.s. battle group. it underlines the increasing integration of our forces, who serve and train together regularly, so they can fight together senior -- seamlessly. betweenthis integration our armi

let's speak to andy moore, who's at bristol crown court and can bring us up to date with the latest.nocked unconscious by ben stokes. he says in self—defense. ben stokes as he approached mr ali because he was on the publicly abusing two way men. mr ali said that was not the case, he was involved in banter with him. then he said he saw a tall blonde quy then he said he saw a tall blonde guy charging at him, to the later new was ben stokes. he said he did not know why that happened. he did say that he did pick up a bottle, this is mr ali, to use in self—defense and he said it was used at one stage against one of the men. he did not know why that was. he also said he did take ben stokes n/a headlock at one stage to try and restrain him. now he was asked why he thought ben stokes had attacked him and mrali he thought ben stokes had attacked him and mr ali said he was angry, probably looking for someone to pick on. so we have had all the evidence in this case now. the jury have heard that. on monday, we will hear the summing up from a judge and have the summing up from a judge and have th

proposals, people would have to buy their pets from a registered breeder or a rescue centre, as andy moore animals are raised in puppy farms every year and then sold on to an unsuspecting public. they might appearfor sale in a pet shop, or be advertised privately. the poster girl of a ban on third—party sales was a cavalier king charles spaniel called lucy. she was rescued from a puppy farm in a terrible condition, after being kept for breeding in a cramped cage. more than 150,000 people signed a petition calling for what became known as lucy's law. animal charities have generally welcomed this government proposal. we believe that this has been a loophole for a number of years. the rspca has been investigating illegal trafficking of dogs, both from the continent and within the uk, and we hope that this announcement will stamp out that trade. the proposed new law won't just apply to puppies. at this animal rescue centre in bristol, there are plenty of kittens available for rehoming. the government hopes that forcing people to get their pets from animal rescue centres like this will put thos

let's go now to our correspondent andy moore, who's live outside bristol crown court.d? well, ben stokes's defence has been yes, he was involved in this fight, but he was acting in self defence, and he was acting to protect two gay men who had been the subject of homophobic abuse, so he was asked about when he threw this punch. he was asked by the prosecutor you punched the man full force in the face, surely you can remember that and ben stokes said he simply remembers that the man was a threat. he couldn't remember anything else about the incident. he was asked why he couldn't remember, about his drinking, ben stokes said he had about ten drink, he said he may have had a pat cummings ofjagerbomb, he was shown video evidence where he is accused of flicking a cigarette but in the face of a gay man, he said he wasn't sure what was happening, he wasn't sure what was happening, he was also asked about the details of the homophobic abuse, that these men had been subjected to, and he said he couldn't remember any specific words. so there was an interesting exchange at the en

andy moore, bbc news. it's "not fair" to automatically blame customers for falling victim to scams. only a quarter of the £2110 million lost to fraud last year was refunded — with the financial watchdog warning the growing sophistication of fraudsters means it shouldn't be assumed customers have been negligent. scams include phone calls from people claiming to be from a bank and fake websites disguised as online banking portals. with me is caroline wayman, chief ombudsman at the financial 0mbudsman service. also, i'm joined byjenny parkinson — she had £68,000 stolen from her bank account five years ago. welcome to you both. caroline, we will talk to you in a moment but first, jenny, what happened to you? it was saturday 15th ofjune in 2013 when i received a phone call asking for me by name and the caller said they had reason to believe my tesco cut credit card had been inappropriately used and they wanted to know if i had any other bank accounts. i told them i had a santander accounts. i told them i had a

andy moore is at bristol crown court for us.nding thejury of what the charge of affray was. he said it was an act of violence where any reasonable person would fear for their safety. he said in this case ben stokes may have started out replying to an act of aggression — a bottle was waived in his direction. but then he said the video footage demonstrated plainly and clearly that ben stokes moved from defence and became the aggressor himself. he talked, the prosecutor, about ben stokes in the witness box and he said he was trying to explain and justify himself. he said it was plain that ben stokes was lying. he said he acted deplorably as the red mist came down. we heard from the defence for ben stokes, he said there were big holes in the prosecution case. he said his client had acted to defend himself and others, he was trying to protect two gay men, he said, from homophobic abuse. the defence of ben stokes said that what he did was to take reasonable actions, the defence went on, "a person cannot weigh to a nicety the exact mea

mike kilbride the last speaker in birkenhead. 0ur correspondent andy moore is at ucas headquarters inhat is happening there today, andy. a very busy day indeed at ucas, the busiest day of the year, with 50 extra staff manning the phones and answering social media, and there is the social media tea m media, and there is the social media team behind me answering queries on facebook, instagram and twitter. you will get a lot of figures today and some hot off the press from half an hour ago. so far the social media tea m hour ago. so far the social media team have answered about 577 queries and on the other side of the room behind me you can see those answering the phone. they have dealt with nearly 3000 calls so far. the total number of courses in clearing is over 30,000 and the top searches at the moment our medicine, law, economics, psychology and computer science. the way clearing normally works is that if you do not get the grades you thought you might, if you can't go to your top university and you come through to hear to find a place, it might be thought it was a buyers market for

she is at a sixth form college in birkenhead and andy moore is at the ucas centre in cheltenham.ge of the application process for universities. not all of you want to go to university. elaine is at the sixth form college in birkenhead. how is it going? a big day of hopes and dreams for thousands of students. many of them are now coming in to pick up their certificates, they've been up since 6am, going online, checking how they have done. gail is serving up some cake. we've got some students, let's find out how two yea rs of ha rd students, let's find out how two years of hard work doing a—levels has paid off. emily, how do you feel? nine ecstatic. it's been a roller—coaster, though. feel? nine ecstatic. it's been a roller-coaster, though. yes, i was freaking out at half past seven today but everything has worked out. matt mum keeps saying that everything was going to, now knowing exactly where i am going, it's a massive relief. you were just a couple of grades of you wanted...” missed the grade of one of my subjects but i still got into the university i wanted sol subjects but i

andy moore, bbc news. let‘s talk a little bit more about this proposed new law.rter of lucy‘s law, a big supporter of lucy‘s law, a big supporter of a change in the law. he was at downing street this morning. brian may, lovely that you could talk to us. why is this issue so important to you and what do you wa nt to important to you and what do you want to see from the government? it's want to see from the government? it‘s all about getting rid of the suffering of animals. of course, we come from the wild animals branch of things, but we were supporting this very strongly because there is immense suffering that has been happening to these dogs and cats. and this law is a delight, in my opinion, very thing, because michael gove, at a stroke, has made everyone feel that we are progressing and moving towards a humane society. it will take a while for the law to bed m, will take a while for the law to bed in, it has to go through a process, but this will take us a long way forward. dogs and cats are suffering because dog breeders are not doing it because they love the

andy moore is at bristol crown court for us.e of affray was. it was an act of violence where any reasonable person would fear for safety. in this case, ben stokes might have started out replying to an act of aggression. a bottle was waived in his direction. then the derivatives demonstrated plainly and clearly that ben stokes moved from defence and became the aggressor himself. he talked to the prosecutor about ben stokes in the witness box and he said he was trying to explain and justify himself. he said it was plain that ben stokes was lying. he says he acted deplorably as the red mist came down. we heard from the defence who said there were big holes in the prosecution case. he said his client has acted to defend himself and others. he was trying to protect two gay men from homophobic abuse. the defence for ben stokes said what he did was to take reasonable actions. he went on to say a person cannot say the exact measure of defensive actions in such an adrenaline filled incident. now, thejudge has finished his an adrenaline f

andy moore is in bristol. hello there. it was day seven of the trial. the jury had hello there. day seven of the trial. the jury had been out for two and a half hours when they came back with their decision. ben stokes briefly closed his eyes and then looked up in relief as they declared him not guilty. he actually went over and shook hands with the man he was seen on over and shook hands with the man he was seen on video punching and knocking unconscious, the two men actually shook hands at the end of this case, both found not guilty of afraid. ben stokes's wife clare, who had been to the drop sitting in the courtroom with him, she started crying. let's look background of the case now would the sports editor. he is one of world cricket's biggest stars — with both bat and ball, ben stokes is arguably one of england's most important and high profile players. but 11 months ago, the all—rounder‘s career and reputation was plunged into uncertainty after he was arrested following a late—night brawl. stokes found himself forced to swap cricket field for courtroom — accompanied through

despite the changes, there has been little movement in overall results. 0ur correspondent andy mooreham. and that whole procedure of clearing. yes, incredibly busy day here at ucas, the biggest day of the year. there are about 50 staff here and they will communicate with ten. thousands of students. 0ver there is the social media team and they will be communicating via social media, not just responding to be communicating via social media, notjust responding to direct calls but listening to conversations in the public domain and interrupting that conversation saying, hey, we are ucas. we have got information. can we help? on the other side of the room, they are taking phone calls over there. they are a broker. they are bidding in touch the tens of thousands of students who didn't get the grades and can't get to the they wanted in touch with those universities who still have lots and lots of places available, something like places on at least 30,000 courses. the students are in a very good position this year, something ofa good position this year, something of a buyer's market. there a

he denies the charge. 0ur correspondent andy moore is outside bristol crown court.ning, who reminded thejury about this charge of affray. he said it was often in connection with disturbances at football clubs or outside nightclubs. he said it was violence where a person of reasonable firmness would be afraid for their personal safety, and he went on to say that the various video footage that the jury had been shown clearly and plainly demonstrated that ben stokes moved, perhaps from a defensive posture, because he was threatened with a bottle, but he moved from that posture and became the aggressor himself. he went on to talk about ben stokes's performance in the witness box, where he said he couldn't recollect many elements of the incident, and the prosecutor said, it is plain that he, ben stokes, is seeking to justify his behaviour. he acted as the red mist came down, he acted deplorably. we've also heard from the defence, gordon cole, for ben stokes. he said that ben stokes was defending himself and others. we've heard that ben stokes was trying to defend, in his

proposals, people would have to buy their pets from a registered breeder or a rescue centre, as andy moorets. it's estimated that tens of thousands of animals are raised in puppy farms every year and then sold on to an unsuspecting public. they might appearfor sale in a pet shop, or be advertised privately. the poster girl of a ban on third—party sales was a cavalier king charles spaniel called lucy. she was rescued from a puppy farm in a terrible condition, after being kept for breeding in a cramped cage. more than 150,000 people signed a petition calling for what became known as lucy's law. animal charities have generally welcomed this government proposal. we believe that this has been a loophole for a number of years. the rspca has been investigating illegal trafficking of dogs, both from the continent and within the uk, and we hope that this announcement will stamp out that trade. the proposed new law won't just apply to puppies. at this animal rescue centre in bristol, there are plenty of kittens available for rehoming. the government hopes that forcing people to get their pets from a

let's go now to our correspondent andy moore, who's live outside bristol crown court.nd challenged today by the prosecution under cross—examination. he and the jury under cross—examination. he and the jury was shown a still image of one of the men, mr ali, lying unconscious on the ground. mr stokes was asked can you not remember hitting a man with such force that you knocked him unconscious? mr stokes said he could not remember the details, he simply remembered that the man was a threat in some way. the jury was shown cctv evidence of what happens on that night and the prosecution says that mr stokes flicked a cigarette but in the face of one of these gay men and mr stokes looked at that video and says i made a motion of some sort but i'm not sure what was happening, that he can't remember flicking the cigarette but. he was asked why he could not remember and he admitted that he was not unconscious. he was asked about his drinking and by his own admission he said he had at least ten drinks, several beers and vodka over the course of the evening. he also said he might h

our correspondent andy moore is at bristol crown court for us now. that was his message?cally engaged with the men in question. the steps that he took were solely aimed at ensuring the safety of himself or the others present. the past 11 months have served to highlight to benjust how highly he values his position as an england representative both in terms of the privilege that role entails and the responsibilities that accompany it. now that the trial is over, ben is keen back to cricket being his sole focus. thank you. and shortly after that statement was delivered, we heard from the english cricket board, who said ben stokes had been selected to play against india in the third test at trent bridge. a disciplinary commit tee will happen in due course. before that will be ben stokes and alex hales who was also involved in that incident in september, although he didn‘t face any legal action. let‘s look at the background to this case. he is one of world cricket‘s biggest stars — with both bat and ball, ben stokes is arguably one of england‘s most important and high profile