carl beech, who is 50, was previously known by the pseudonym nick.he course of justice. our home affairs correspondent june kelly is outside newcastle crown court — what more can you tell us? so the name has been revealed, what more can you tell us? well, fiona the claims by carl beech led to a £2.5 million investigation by scotla nd £2.5 million investigation by scotland yard known as operation midland. he made sexual abuse allegations against the former chief of the defence staff lord bramall and the politicians sir edward heath, lord brittan and harvey proctor, as a result, no action followed. the police then began investigating carl beech himself and that was led by the north bra force, asa that was led by the north bra force, as a result, carl beech was charged with 12 counts of perverting the course of justice, making with 12 counts of perverting the course ofjustice, making false allegation and one count of fraud. he is in custody, around he appeared today, by videolink and he is due to stand trial here at newcastle crown court, next may. the

the claims by carl beech led to a two and a half million pound investigation by scotland yard known asns against the former chief of the defence staff lord bramall and the politicians sir edward heath, lord brittan and harvey proctor. as a result of his allegations, though, no action followed. the police then began investigating carl beech himself and that investigation was led by the northumbria force. as a result, carl beech was charged with 12 counts of perverting the course ofjustice — that is perverting the course and one charge of fraud. he's now in custody and he appeared in today's hearing by video link and he is due to stand trial here at newcastle crown court next may. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is: the most important climate change talks in three years are beginning in poland — with a renewed focus on implenting the paris agreement. nigeria's president muhammadu buhari has denied rumours that he had died and had been replaced by a lookalike. the suggestion that he'd been replaced with a body double called "jubril" from sudan had been wi

carl beech, who is 50, was previously known by the pseudonym nick.e course of justice. our home affairs correspondent june kelly is outside newcastle crown court. what more can you tell us? carl beech is currently in custody and today he appeared by video link at newcastle crown court. his allegations led to a £2.5 million inquiryi allegations led to a £2.5 million inquiry i scotland yard and he made sexual abuse allegations against a number of prominent people including the former chief of the defence staff, lord bramall, and sir edward heath, lord brittan and harvey proctor. no action resulted from his claims. the northumbria force then began investigating carl beech who was charged with 12 counts of perverting the course ofjustice, and another count of fraud. he is due to stand trial here next year and today the judge said that would begin on the 7th of may. thank you. the number of working people in poverty is the highest in 20 years, according to a new report by thejoseph rowntree foundation which focuses on tackling poverty in the uk. relative

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carl beech, who is 50, was previously known by the pseudonym nick.rse of justice. the headlines on bbc news: sir david attenborough warns that climate change is the greatest threat to humanity for thousands of years , as critical un talks get under way. opposition mps call for contempt proceedings over the publication of legal advice on brexit, as the attorney general issues a summary of the guidance. a man is jailed for 17 years for killing 28—year—old midwife samantha eastwood. the uk is running out of warehouse space, with extra storage —— the number of working people living in relative poverty is the highest in 20 years. that's according to a new report by thejoseph rowntree foundation, which focuses on tackling poverty in the uk. relative poverty‘s defined as an income less than 60% of the average of people living in similar circumstances. four million workers in the uk now fall into this group. that's one in eight. and that figure's risen by more than 500,000 in the past five years. our correspondent danny savage has been spending time with one

carl beech, who is 50, was previously known by the pseudonym nick.mbulance to a london hospital. a second man has been arrested for conspiracy to rob. the independent 0ffice for police conduct has launched an independent investigation. a british woman whose husband was murdered by somali pirates who then kidnapped her — believes the only man convicted in connection with both crimes is innocent. jude tebbutt and her husband david were attacked while on holiday in kenya seven years ago. she was held hostage for six months. mrs tebbutt says the metropolitan police team who flew to kenya to help the local investigation helped to convict an innocent man — and she‘s supporting his appeal. our special correspondent lucy manning has been speaking to her. jude tebbutt is a long way from the kidnappers. from somalia where seven years ago, she was freed after being held for six months. she had been captured after her husband david was murdered on their holiday in kenya. i didn‘t know he‘d died. i just assumed he was alive, but then my son told me he... he‘d die

the man, revealed as 50—year—old carl beech, had previously been known by the pseudonym, ‘nick‘. ‘philosophical belief‘, akin to a religion — and therefore protected in law. jordi casamitjana claims he was discriminated against by the league against cruel sports because of his vegan beliefs — after he was fired for disclosing it invested pension funds in companies that carried out tests on animals. our legal correspondent clive coleman has been to meet him. if these were puppies, do you think people should have the choice to kill them this way? this is veganism in action. it shows you the whole life of the animal, how they are killed... jordi casamitjana is an ethical vegan, who regularly takes to the streets of london to inform and persuade others they should take up the vegan lifestyle. some people only eat a vegan diet but they don't care about the environment and all the animals because they only worry about their health, for instance. i care about the animals and the environment and my health and everything. that's why i use this term ethical veganism, because for me veganis