daniel sanford bbc news, cardiff crown court. se teenage girls and the sheer angst that they were crying and begging in some of the videos that they sent to him, that they he should now stop and not make them do anything more, it has been incredibly distressing. there have been family members present in court this week, many family members present in court today, including three of the girls that he had abused, and what pc lewis edwards did was essentially pretend to be a teenage boy on snapchat, befriend teenage boy on snapchat, befriend teenage girls, be nice to them, persuade them to send him explicit images, and then once he had an explicit image of a girl, he would use that to blackmail them into sending him really, really, really explicit sexual content, by threatening to put the images that they had already sent him out online on public view. as i say, this caused really, really extreme distress among some of the girls. thejudge described him as distress among some of the girls. the judge described him as cruel and sadistic

daniel sandford, bbc news, at cardiff crown court.sional athletes in west london. british sprinter bianca williams and her partner ricardo dos santos were pulled over in 2020. their three—month—old baby was in the back of the car while the couple were handcuffed and detained. no weapons or drugs were found. video of the stop—and—search went viral on social media. an independent panel concluded that the actions of two officers, pcjonathan clapham and pc sam franks did breach some professional standards of police behaviour in relation to honesty and integrity. a royalair a royal airforce a royal air force plane a royal airforce plane carried aid to gaza and took off in 0xfordshire, headed to egypt. the government has promised an additional £20 million of support for gaza. rishi sunak says he doesn't agree for a call for a whole ceasefire as it will only benefit hamas. labour leader sir keir starmer is meeting muslim mps amid tensions over the party's stance on the israel—gaza war. sir keir has faced criticism from an islamic centre in c

daniel sandford, bbc news, at cardiff crown court.utes times to keep an eye on that. when it comes to getting yourself a life coach, you could do worse than someone who has been a hollywood megastar, a leading politician and the most muscular man in the universe. we're talking, of course, about arnold schwarzenegger. he's written a book filled with advice on how to be successful, and he's been sharing some words of wisdom with our entertainment correspondent colin paterson. arnold schwarzenegger, you will see the bbc has sent along its muscliest correspondent. when you see a body like mine, what do you feel? is it pity, or do you see potential? extraordinary. it's really amazing. and how you can cover it all up with a simple shirt. i think i'm blushing. i can't believe it. yeah, you are, yeah. we're in the very strange situation, because of the actors' strike, we can't talk about your movies. does this mean i have to do your catchphrases today? what's the rules there? you can go and say, "get to the chopper!" you can say, "i'll be bac

we'll be live with the latest from cardiff crown court . from cardiff crown court.d businesses and the weather warnings remaining in place for other parts, too. we'll update you on that. but first, the headlines with . ray first, the headlines with. ray >> thank you both. good afternoon. it is one minute past to our top stories . the first to our top stories. the first load of humanitarian aid from the uk to gaza is now on its way to egypt. the ministry of defence confirmed that an raf plane is carrying 21 tonnes of suppues plane is carrying 21 tonnes of supplies , which includes medical supplies, which includes medical equipment and water filters. the government says stockpiles of wound care packs were donated by the department of health. the aid will be distributed through the egyptian red crescent . we the egyptian red crescent. we can see live pictures now from gaza for those watching on television . meanwhile, here, the television. meanwhile, here, the uk prime minister is refusing to support calls for a ceasefire despite pressure from more than 80 mp5 despite

daniel sandford, bbc news, at cardiff crown court.a stop and search on two athletes in london. they were pulled over in 2020. their three—month—old baby was in the back of the car while the couple were handcuffed and detained. no weapons or drugs were found. video of the stop and search went viral on social media. an independent panel concluded the actions of two offices, pcjonathan clapton and pc sam franks, did breach some professional standards of police behaviour in relation to honesty and integrity. a man has been sentenced to life with a minimum of 23 years behind bars for brutally murdering his girlfriend, claire inglis — just eight weeks into their relationship. christopher mcgowan, from stirling, was out on bail when he attacked claire at her home in st ninians. the 28—year—old was found guilty at the high court in stirling last month. hospital failings are still causing too many deaths from sepsis — ten years after a report highlighted steps that could be taken to drastically reduce fatalities. that's according to the ombuds

i spoke to our correspondent daniel sandford who was outside cardiff crown court and he told us moreof girls aged between ten and 16. he did not come to court for the sentencing hearing this week. he chose to stay in prison, rather than to face the absolute horror of what he had done. it has been an incredibly distressing week. the details of how he was blackmailing these teenage girls and the sheer angst, that they were crying and begging in some of the videos that they sent to him, that he should now stop and not make them do anything more. it has been incredibly distressing, and there have been family members present in court this week. many family members present in court today, including three of the girls that he had abused. what pc lewis edwards did was essentially pretend to be a teenage boy on snapchat, befriend teenage girls, be nice to them, persuade them to send him explicit images, and then once he had an explicit image of a girl, he would use that to blackmail them into sending him really, really, really explicit sexual content, by threatening to put the images that the

daniel sandford, bbc news, at cardiff crown court.nd guilty of gross misconduct following the stop and search of two black athletes in 2020. the team gb sprinter bianca williams and her partner ricardo dos santos, who's also a sprinter, said they were racially profiled when officers pulled over their car in west london, handcuffed them, and searched them on suspicion of having drugs and weapons — none were found. our community affairs correspondent adina campbell reports. what did i do? wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. 0k, calm down. this is the video that went viral on social media. bianca williams and ricardo dos santos are handcuffed and detained while police searched their car for weapons and drugs. nothing is found. you made a definite attempt to try land avoid us, ok, the driver has. i which makes us suspect there's something in the car— there shouldn't be, ok? all of this happens while their three—month—old baby is crying in the back of the car. after a six—week hearing, the couple say they're disappointed only two of the five off

daniel sandford, bbc news, at cardiff crown court.he was the fourth candidate to be put forward by the republicans after a turbulent three weeks. the previous speaker was ousted by the right wing of the party earlier this month, leaving the chamber unable to respond to the middle east crisis or carry out basic duties. the former boss of natwest breached nigel farage's privacy rights in sharing information about his banking, the uk's privacy watchdog has concluded. dame alison rose resigned injuly after admitting she had made a mistake in speaking to a bbc journalist. the information commissioner's office said her action was "unacceptable" — but it would not take any further action as she had resigned and natwest had launched an investigation. two metropolitan police officers have been sacked after being found guilty of gross misconduct following the stop and search of two black athletes in 2020. the team gb sprinter bianca williams and her partner, ricardo dos santos, said they were racially profiled when officers pulled over their ca

daniel sandford, bbc news, at cardiff crown court. right, now more on arnold schwarzenegger.ith advice on how to be successful. he's been sharing some of his life experiences with our entertainment correspondent colin paterson. announcer: ladies and gentlemen, arnold schwarzenegger! _ he was the body—building champion that became a movie star and then the governor of california. let's get to work. but at the age of 76, there is one goal he can't achieve...yet. ifeel like i would make a great president. the problem, he lived in austria until the age of 19, and any us president has to be a natural—born citizen. everything that i've accomplished was because of america, so the only thing that i can't do, which is run for president, i'm not going to complain about that. if the constitution was changed, then schwarzenegger would want to run, but in the meantime, he's been keeping very busy writing be useful, a motivational guide. so many times people read about my successes, but, i mean, on the way to get there, there were tremendous defeats and there were tremendous losses. and ev

jack carson is reporting to us from , um, outside cardiff crown from, um, outside cardiff crown courtand concerning case. it does make you wonder, though, it does make you wonder, though, i don't know about you, but it certainly does for me. is anyone safe on these phones, especially young people out there? there just appears to be so many predators willing to use these apps, you know, to go after people and ensnare them. and just the regularity with it is absolute . absolutely. absolute. absolutely. absolutely. isn't it? absolutely. bonkers, isn't it? but yeah, 13 life sentences anyway , for that guy who had anyway, for that guy who had even threatened to bomb somewhere as well as part of all of this, 200 young girls on onune of this, 200 young girls on online as well bombed one of his victim's houses he threatened to do and people being driven to all sorts of mental problems as all sorts of mental problems as a result of it. just absolutely shocking stuff. but gosh . all shocking stuff. but gosh. all right. okay. well, look, we're to going finish the hour with something little bit s

and that is a former police officer who's been sentenced life at cardiff sentenced to life at cardiff crown courtm degrading pictures and videos over snapchat . whilst he videos over snapchat. whilst he was a serving police officer and he refused to attend court to hear his own sentencing . hear his own sentencing. >> let's get the latest now from mark white in tel aviv . mark white in tel aviv. >> good morning, mark. are you there? hello, mark. we've just we've actually just seen some footage which we've seen for the first time. i don't know whether you've even had had eyes on this footage yet. it appears to be from last night. hamas terrorists approaching the coast of israel and being taken out by the idf. can you confirm or just the idf. can you confirm orjust elucidate what it is, mark? >> yes, i can confirm this was an incident that unfolded north of gaza yesterday when israeli defence forces jet fighters and also naval vessels attacked a number of hamas terrorists who had left a tunnel system just in northern gaza and were trying to gain access via the sea to ukip, which is a settlement jus

daniel sandford, bbc news at cardiff crown court.t the police _ this? it is shocking. as a parent, we expect the police to - this? it is shocking. as a parent, we expect the police to protect l this? it is shocking. as a parent, l we expect the police to protect our children. _ we expect the police to protect our children, not preying on them. what is shocking, — children, not preying on them. what is shocking, this edwards, this abomination, joined the police during — abomination, joined the police during the course of him blackmailing children as young as ten years— blackmailing children as young as ten years old into sending him more and more _ ten years old into sending him more and more explicit photos. it is almost — and more explicit photos. it is almost unthinkable that a police officer— almost unthinkable that a police officer could be doing this. fair play— officer could be doing this. fair play to— officer could be doing this. fair play to south wales police, they detected — play to south wales police, they detected him th