there we re —— defendant arthur collins. there were aghast and tears from his family in court. was very badly scarred across her chest and she described what happened after the acid was thrown. well, it hit me, and i thought, has a guyjust done this to me, thrown a drink at me, but as soon as it happened, it was like my skin was on fire, and when it hit you the smell, it was on my chest and arm, it flew up it was on my chest and arm, it flew up into my nose and my mouth and i could not breathe because it was so strong. the smell was so strong, it was a confined space, as well. and i thought, is this a terrorist attack, what is this? you don't expect this to happen to you, even though you hear about these things, you don't expect it to happen to you. it was complete shock, like, i did not know what happened, but i'm glad i acted quickly. mr collins went into hiding after the incident, despite calls from his celebrity girlfriend to hand himself in. mr collins did surrender himself to the police six days later. today in court he was found guilty of all the charges against him. whe

arthur collins will be sentenced on the 19th of december at wood green crown court.f. mr sargeant, who was 49, died four days after he was sacked from his post and suspended by the labour party, because of allegations of "inappropriate touching" by a number of women. the coroner said he would examine carefully the steps the welsh assembly took to monitor carl sargea nt‘s mental health. the chair of parliament's spending watching has called for a police investigation after bbc panorama uncovered evidence of fraud in the student—loan system. panorama has uncovered scams that could be costing the taxpayer millions of pounds. richard watson reports. imran shaikh is an education agent who we were told was up to his neck in fraud. he offered to get panorama's undercover students thousands of pounds of student—loan money we were not entitled to. the fee for faking attendance and supplying assignments — £1500 paid out of our student—loan money every year we are on the course. from the evidence you have shown me, there is clearfraud going on, and it needs to be referred to th

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arthur collins, the former boyfriend of reality tv star ferne mccann, has been found guilty of carryingut an acid attack in a london nightclub. 14 people were injured in the attack i have 5a first cousins. i am the one who is going to break ranks. we'll be talking to the real boy with the top knot — writer and author sathnam sanghera, about the new bbc drama based on his memoirs. it's five o'clock. our main story. in the last half—hour the brexit secretary david davis has told the commons that parliament will now be able to scrutinise and vote on the brexit agreement with the eu via a new bill. it is seen by some as a concession by the government ahead of the commons debate on the eu withdrawal bill. our political correspondent ben wright is in westminster. how significant what the brexit secretary announced today? how significant what the brexit secretary announced today7m how significant what the brexit secretary announced today? it is a big concession and could have big implications in terms of how a final brexit deal is implemented and it increases the voice of mps who have pushed f

cctv shown in court showed clubbers clutching their faces and running off the dancefloor when arthur collinsthe attack in april. he was convicted of five counts of grievous bodily harm and nine of actual bodily harm against 14 people. he will be sentenced in december. later this morning we‘ll be speaking to one of the people injured in the attack and a lawyer who represents some of the victims. that‘s just after 7am. head teachers representing more than five—thousand schools across england have sent a joint letter to the chancellor, philip hammond, warning of inadequate funding. they say they are increasingly having to ask parents for donations. the government has already promised to move £1.3 billion of education funding into schools, but heads say they need another £i.7 billion of new money. now, how about a story to lighten up the winter gloom? some of the world‘s rarest gemstones are up for sale in geneva this week. to buy them you‘ll need a few spare million, but looking is free, so we sent imogen foulkes for a sneak peak. there is more than a little sparkle in geneva this dull november

arthur collins, the former boyfriend of reality star ferne mccann has been found guilty of an acid attackna been found guilty of an acid attack in a london nightclub. 14 people we re in a london nightclub. 14 people were injured in the attack. pressure is building on the republican pa rty‘s pressure is building on the republican party's nominee to step aside after allegations of sexual advances. more on the brexit debate as well after confirmation that mps will get that meaningful vote on a final deal. and we will discuss that story and all the other main stories of the day on the front pages of tomorrow's newspapers. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm hugh woozencroft. will there be tears ofjoy or tears of sadness for italy tonight? the world cup greats stand on the verge of missing out on next year's tournament. we'll catch up with all the action at tennis's atp world tourfinals in london, where bulgaria's grigor dimitrov is off to a winning start. as they prepare for a less friendly welcome from australia's players. and we'll hear from four—time tour de france winner chris froome abou

in cctv, you can see 25—year—old arthur collins throw the corrosive substance at the mangle club, inst has heard that welsh government minister carl sergeant — who was sacked after allegations about his conduct — hanged himself. his body was discovered at his home in flintshire last week. mr sergeant was facing a labour party investigation following claims about his behaviour by a number of women. bob geldof has returned his honour granting him freedom of the city of dublin in protest at the myanmar leader aung san suu kyi receiving the same award. she has faced criticism for the treatment of the rohingya minority in her country. mps in westminster have been debating a budget for northern ireland, ten months after the power—sharing government at stormont collapsed. despite talks, the dup and sinn fein have failed to agree a deal to restore devolution since then. 0ur ireland correspondent, chris buckler, is at stormont tonight. chris, this is not something westminster wa nted. but not having a budget has had an effect. yes, public services have been running out of cash without a power

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arthur collins — the ex—boyfriend of reality tv star ferne mccann — was found guilty of throwing acidntenced in december. lauren trent told us she still struggles with anxiety more than six months after the attack. being in busy places, i'm extremely anxious. if i can't see the dance floor, or if i can't see what's going on, or if a fight breaks out, you know, the first thing that goes through my head nowadays is, what are they going to do? what are they going to pull out? it's only up until now that we can talk about things and hear how everyone went through the trial and things like that. i think, a massive sense of relief, but it doesn't change what happened whatsoever, but i think it's more of, you know, 0k, well, something's been done that's setting the standard now for anyone, you know, that's thinking about doing something like this. it's putting them off doing something like that. britain's biggest supermarket — tesco — has been given the green light to buy out our biggest food wholesaler booker. the competition and markets authority says the deal does not raise competition no