thank you for that — police have confirmed that human remains have been found at a home in chelmsford of a couple whose daughter is charged with their murder. virginia mccullough has appeared at crown court charged with killing john and lois mccullough, after police were called to an address on wednesday over concerns for the welfare of two people in their 70s. live now tojo black, the bbc�*s midlands and south correspondant. what can you tell us about the discovery? as you can see behind me, there is still quite a lot of police activity at this address and other addresses in the area. there is a police tent, a police cordon, and we have seen offices going around doing door—to—door inquiries. this all comes off the back of police receiving reports of concern for the well—being ofjohn and lois mcculloch, who were both in their 70s. as you are outlining there, last night, the police confirmed that they had found human remains, and in a statement, essex police said although formal identification is yet to take place, essex police believe these to be the remains of john mcculloch and lois

yes, you can still see police activity at the property in chelmsford with a forensic tent and a policethey've been here since last week after concerns were raised about the welfare ofjohn and lois mcculloch and yesterday the police confirmed they had discovered human remains. their daughter, 35—year—old virginia mcculloch is charged with their murders, accused of killing them at some point between august 2018 and september 2023. she appeared at basildon crown court this morning via video link and did not enter any plea in relation to the charges that she is facing. there will be a plea hearing later this year in december. meanwhile detectives say they will be here for the coming days and that this is a complex investigation using specialist officers and they are encouraging anybody with information to come forward. in a major escalation of the pay dispute between the government and doctors, for the first time ever hospital consultants in england will be on strike at the same time asjunior doctors. the consultants began their two—day walk out today to be joined byjunior doctors tomorrow

louie said that to us after chelmsford.e still learning. we're still working towards that bangladesh world cup next year. so we've still got 12 months of really planning and prepping, and hopefully we'll see more polished performances by the time we get to that. to golf, and rory mcilroy says he's optimistic about europe's chances of winning back the ryder cup when they take on the united states in rome later this month. mcilroy is not concerned about the absence of liv golf players in the team, insisting new players like swedish youngster ludwig aberg add considerable strength to luke donald's team. from people that have watched him play in the states, he turned pro injune. people who saw him play over there, a few of us were saying it was a no—brainer but people hadn't seen him play over here, and then he comes and finishes fourth in czech and then wins in switzerland. i think people here that were maybe a little bit sceptical of it all realised what the hype was all about, and he's an unbelievable player. probably one of

sri lanka's historic win at chelmsford saw the visitors level the series 1—1. team into changing their playing style. we do have that style of play where we want to play aggressive and fun cricket, and we know that sometimes comes with losing wickets. i think iridaceous kilos partnerships together, and not going into our shells, still playing the fun side of cricket. keeping it simple, try and get those early wickets in the powerplay, and then as a fielding team buzzing around and helping our bowlers, which is basically our aim every game. and a reminder you can watch that live on bbc two, bbc iplayer and 5 sports extra and bbc sounds from 6:00 this evening. rory mcilroy says he is confident about europe's ryder cup chances and has backed the selection of swedish youngster ludvig aberg, who he's described "as an unbelievable player". the 23—year—old only turned pro injune, but was named as a wild card pick earlier this week. with the likes of sergio garcia, ian poulter and lee westwood not eligible for selection due to their moves to liv golf, mcilroy believes

essex police was called to an address in pump hill, chelmsford, after 35—year—old virginia mcculloughts at some point between 2018 and 2023. people in england aged 65 and over are being urged to get a top—up covid booster vaccine. an increasing number of people are attending hospital with the virus, but while hospital numbers are up, intensive care admissions are low. the roll—out�*s been brought forward as a precaution against a highly—mutated new covid variant called ba2.86. the cost of renting a home in the uk rose by i2% in the year to august — that's according to estate agency hamptons. the group says it's the highest rise since it started its survey in 2014. the uptick in the past 12 months is greater than the increase experienced over the four years to 2019. you're live with bbc news. the other story that broke a short while back, the canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau says his security agencies are investigating credible allegations that indian government agents were involved in the murder of a canadian sikh activist. hardeep singh nijjar was shot dead outside a temple in b

. >> police investigating the murders of an elderly couple in chelmsford in essex say they found humanemains. detectives believe lois and john mcculloch were killed sometime between . were killed sometime between. august 2018 and last week . august 2018 and last week. concerns for their welfare were raised last wednesday. virginia mcculloch understood to be the couple's daughter, has been remanded in custody after a brief appearance in court today . the former prime minister liz truss has urged the government to cut taxes , shrink welfare to cut taxes, shrink welfare spending and raise the retirement age . speaking at the retirement age. speaking at the institute for government online event, liz truss defended decisions made in her mini—budget while she was pm. she argued it's unfair to say she had pursued unfair funded tax cuts . and lastly , the tax cuts. and lastly, the princess of wales has visited the royal naval air station in somerset today. kate, whose commodore in chief of the fleet air arm, was shown around the royal naval air station yeovilton, one of the busiest military ai

chelmsford in essex for. farage good evening.ell, i'm here in witham from northern essex. >> it is the constituency of priti patel , the former home priti patel, the former home secretary. >> she'll be joining me on the show a little bit later. we'll talk about that. we'll talk about crime and other things, too. but we couldn't have picked a better day to come here because cause today we've learned the labour solution learned what the labour solution to the channel crisis or perhaps some would even say channel emergency is. yes, sir. keir starmer has revealed all a hard hitting column in the sun newspaper today. he is going to smash the gangs. he's going to treat the gangs as if they were terrorists. yes. and we're going to take a lead in europe up. i have heard that once or twice before in my career . so what's before in my career. so what's the plan .7 well, the plan is that the plan? well, the plan is that we are going to rejoin europol, not interpol. interpol where nafion not interpol. interpol where nation state police forces

chelmsford in essex for. farage good evening.ell, i'm here in witham from northern essex. >> it is the constituency of priti patel , the former home priti patel, the former home secretary. >> she'll be joining me on the show a little bit later. we'll talk about that. we'll talk about crime and other things, too. but we couldn't have picked a better day to come here because cause today we've learned the labour solution learned what the labour solution to the channel crisis or perhaps some would even say channel emergency is. yes, sir. keir starmer has revealed all a hard hitting column in the sun newspaper today. he is going to smash the gangs. he's going to treat the gangs as if they were terrorists. yes. and we're going to take a lead in europe up. i have heard that once or twice before in my career . so what's before in my career. so what's the plan .7 well, the plan is that the plan? well, the plan is that we are going to rejoin europol, not interpol. interpol where nafion not interpol. interpol where nation state police forces

. >> i'm now in chelmsford outside the city hall.behalf of gb news viewers about the ongoing crumbling concrete crisis in our schools . earlier, i met the schools. earlier, i met the former home secretary priti patel. she's the mp for witham . patel. she's the mp for witham. and this issue of iraq concrete is particularly acute in essex because of the way buildings were constructed quickly after the to war focus to deal with the to war focus to deal with the population boom. so it was a big problem here in essex. and i started i asked priti patel what should be asking gillian keegan when they meet in the building behind me in an hour's time. here's what she said . here's what she said. >> so i'll be very upfront. and to be fair, i've been working with gillian this with gillian since this announcement came last announcement came to me last wednesday night. i'm very clear about the resources that we need. hence my question to the prime minister. yesterday i'm not letting up on that . i want not letting up on that. i want to know that m

virginia mccullough was arrested on friday and is due to appear at chelmsford magistrates' court on mondayhe country's far east region. here he is boarding his armoured train in the russian city of artyom, bound for the north korean border. mr kim does not usually travel by aeroplane and his last excursion outside his own country was four years ago. during his visit, he met president putin in vladivostok on tuesday, when the two men discussed deepining the military and economic ties between their two countries. earlier on sunday, mr kim visited an exhibit of military equipment at the russian far eastern university in vladivostok. it's understood russia wants to conduct military trade with north korea and buy weaponry for its war in ukraine. to germany, where one of berlin's iconic landmarks has been targeted by climate activists. orange and yellow paint was sprayed on the famous brandenburg gate. police say members of the last generation group, which wants to stop the use of oil, natural gas and coal by 2030, used fire extinguishers to hit the columns of the landmark. 14 protesters were ar

detectives investigating the murders of an elderly couple from chelmsford in essex have found human remains5, has appeared in court, accused of their murder sometime after 2018. the paedophile and former football coach barry bennell has died in prison aged 70. he was jailed for 30 years in 2018, after being found guilty of 52 child sex offences against 12 boys. bennell, a former manchester city scout, abused boys he coached between the 19705 and 1990s. in south africa, an anti migrant group has registered as a political party, ahead of next year's general election. operation dudula, which means "force out" in zulu, has become notorious for raiding businesses belonging to foreign nationals, and forcing shops to close. ayanda charlie has more from johannesburg. these men are on a mission — to confront a local shopkeeper who is in dispute with his landlady over rent. where is the papers of this business? bring the papers, put the papers here. and we will talk. they say they are here to engage with him, but within minutes the situation turns ugly. without papers to prove his residency, the shop

police in essex have discovered the remains of a couple at a property in chelmsford.been missing since 2018. their daughter, virginia, who's 35, has been charged with their murder. she's due to appear in court again later today. one of britain's most celebrated folk singers and song—writers, roger whittaker, has died aged 87. he was particularly successful in germany, where he released 25 albums and picked up a huge fanbase. the government is expected to announce later that it's to intervene in the running of birmingham city council. the local authority effectively declared bankruptcy earlier this month, saying it couldn't afford to settle an unequal pay claim of around three quarters of a billion pounds. the announcement is expected to be made by the levelling up secretary, michael 6ove. more details on that story and other news on our website. you're live with bbc news. consultants and junior doctors in england are set to stage their firstjoint strike in the history of the nhs. consultants begin a two—day strike at 7am and junior doctors willjoin them tomorrow morni

virginia mccullough, who is 35 and from chelmsford in essex, is accused of killing the pair, whose bodiesare due to appear at a gross—misconduct hearing over the stop—and—search of the british sprinter bianca williams. she accused the force of racism after she and her partner were handcuffed and separated from their baby son during the search, injuly 2020. you are live with bbc news. officials in libya say at least three greek rescue workers have died in a road accident as they were travelling from benghazi to derna. the city devastated by the flooding. seven others were critically injured. a week after catastrophic floods ravaged the city, rescue teams are still pulling out bodies from ruined buildings and the sea. un agencies warned that derna faces the threat of disease outbreaks that could bring, what they call "a second devastating crisis". they say there are 30,000 homeless people in the city and there is a desperate need for clean water, food and basic supplies to mitigate the growing risk of cholera, diarrhoea, dehydration and malnutrition. we have live pictures right now from der

essex police was called to an address in pump hill, chelmsford, after thirty—five—year—old virginia mcculloughster vaccine. an increasing number of people are attending hospital with the virus — but while hospital numbers are up, intensive care admissions are low. the rollout�*s been brought forward as a precaution against a highly—mutated new covid variant called ba2.86. the cost of renting a home in the uk rose by i2—percent in the year to august — that's according to estate agency hamptons. the group says it's the highest rise since it started its survey in 2014. the uptick in the past 12 months is greater than the increase experienced over the four years to 2019. you're live with bbc news. five american citizens who were jailed for years in one of iran's most notorious prisons, are finally on their way home to the united states after they were freed today as part of a complex financial arrangement. the four men and one woman, who also hold iranian passports, were flown out of tehran to doha, in qatar. their release dependent on the transfer of $6bn in iranian funds, money that iran earned

heather knight's side collapsed with the bat in chelmsford, as dan ogunshakin reports.ed to get to grips with their spend. alice came and went and then my quickly followed. england were in trouble. sri lanka were inspired. wickets falling at regular intervals, 104 all out and england nhl anchored stranglehold. having impressed with the ball, what about with the bat? initial signs are that good. in fact, she looked like a woman in a hurry, threatening the nearby balconies as well as the scoreboard. under pressure and underperforming, this was not to be the host day. sri lanka, where the winners put up a first t20 victory against england and a serious decider to come in derby on wednesday. meet jaya & maddy. two south asian teenagers proving that cricket is a game for all. the two girls recently put india and pakistan rivalries to one side, to feature on the same team in the mcc foundation nationalfinals. although their bolton team lost on the day. the story of how they got to this stage, is much more than about the result on the day. cricket is in my blood but for an asi

police investigating the murders of an elderly couple in chelmsford in essex say they found human remains detectives believe lois and john mcculloch were killed sometime between august 2018 and last week . concerns for their last week. concerns for their welfare were raised last wednesday, virginia mcculloch understood to be the couple's daughter , has been remanded in daughter, has been remanded in custody after a brief appearance in court today. custody after a brief appearance in court today . the former prime in court today. the former prime minister liz truss has urged the government to cut taxes , shrink government to cut taxes, shrink welfare spending and raise the retirement age. speaking at the institute for government online event, liz truss defended decisions made in her mini—budget. while she was pm. she argued it was unfair to say she had pursued an unfunded tax cut and finally , the princess of cut and finally, the princess of wales has visited the royal naval air station in somerset . naval air station in somerset. kate, whose commodore in chief of the fleet air arm has bee

. >> police investigate dating the murders of an elderly couple in chelmsford in essex say they found remains. the couple's daughter , virginia couple's daughter, virginia mcculloch, appeared in court today charged with their murders . she's been remanded in custody. detective believe lois and john mcculloch were killed sometime between . august 2018 sometime between. august 2018 and last week. concerns for their welfare were raised last week . the former prime their welfare were raised last week. the former prime minister liz truss, has said today she's urging the government to cut taxes , shrink welfare spending taxes, shrink welfare spending and raise the retirement age . and raise the retirement age. speaking at the institute for government online event, this truss defended decisions made in her mini—budget when she was pm. she argued it was unfair to say she'd pursued an unfunded set of tax cuts at a news into us within the last hour. folk music on roger whittaker has died at the age of 87. all you are beautiful and i have loved you dearly . dearly. >> the singer songwriter was f

. >> police investigate dating the murders of an elderly couple in chelmsford in essex say they found remains. the couple's daughter , virginia couple's daughter, virginia mcculloch, appeared in court today charged with their murders . she's been remanded in custody. detective believe lois and john mcculloch were killed sometime between . august 2018 sometime between. august 2018 and last week. concerns for their welfare were raised last week . the former prime their welfare were raised last week. the former prime minister liz truss, has said today she's urging the government to cut taxes , shrink welfare spending taxes, shrink welfare spending and raise the retirement age . and raise the retirement age. speaking at the institute for government online event, this truss defended decisions made in her mini—budget when she was pm. she argued it was unfair to say she'd pursued an unfunded set of tax cuts at a news into us within the last hour. folk music on roger whittaker has died at the age of 87. all you are beautiful and i have loved you dearly . dearly. >> the singer songwriter was f

police investigating the murders of an elderly couple in chelmsford in essex say they found human remains> detectives believe lois and john mcculloch were killed sometime between august 2018 and last week . concerns for their last week. concerns for their welfare were raised last wednesday, virginia mcculloch understood to be the couple's daughter , has been remanded in daughter, has been remanded in custody after a brief appearance in court today. custody after a brief appearance in court today . the former prime in court today. the former prime minister liz truss has urged the government to cut taxes , shrink government to cut taxes, shrink welfare spending and raise the retirement age. speaking at the institute for government online event, liz truss defended decisions made in her mini—budget. while she was pm. she argued it was unfair to say she had pursued an unfunded tax cut and finally , the princess of cut and finally, the princess of wales has visited the royal naval air station in somerset . naval air station in somerset. kate, whose commodore in chief of the fleet air arm has be

. >> police investigating the murders of an elderly couple in chelmsford in essex say they found humanns. detectives believe lois and john mcculloch were killed sometime between . were killed sometime between. august 2018 and last week . august 2018 and last week. concerns for their welfare were raised last wednesday. virginia mcculloch understood to be the couple's daughter, has been remanded in custody after a brief appearance in court today . the former prime minister liz truss has urged the government to cut taxes , shrink welfare to cut taxes, shrink welfare spending and raise the retirement age . speaking at the retirement age. speaking at the institute for government online event, liz truss defended decisions made in her mini—budget while she was pm. she argued it's unfair to say she had pursued unfair funded tax cuts . and lastly , the tax cuts. and lastly, the princess of wales has visited the royal naval air station in somerset today. kate, whose commodore in chief of the fleet air arm, was shown around the royal naval air station yeovilton, one of the busiest military airfie

. >> police investigating the murders of an elderly couple in chelmsford in essex say they found human remains. the couple's daughter, virginia mcculloch, appeared in court today charged with their murders. she's been remanded in custody. detectives believe lois and john mcculloch were killed sometime between august 2018 and last week when concern for their welfare were raised at the former prime minister, liz truss has urged the government to cut taxes, shrink welfare spending and raise the retirement age. speaking at the institute for government online event, liz truss defended decisions made when she was prime minister and she presented her mini—budget she's argued it's unfair to say she'd pursued unfunded tax cuts . nhs leaders say strikes by junior doctors and consultants this week will cause unprecedented disruption for patients. consultants in england will walk out for 48 hours from tomorrow with junior doctors joining them on wednesday and picketing until friday. emergency care will continue , emergency care will continue, but thousands of appointments will have to be postponed

did in crown court chelmsford , crown crown court chelmsford, crown court, they are saleh tayeb, abdullahaged 33, and abdullah, who is aged 33, and ahmed omar saleh qatar. i was hoping we'd have the pictures of them there to saleh tayeb, abdullah . we've got it. there he abdullah. we've got it. there he is on the right. ahmed omar saleh qatar on the left. qatar is from sudan and abdullah is from iraq. now, they had been on a boat launching from a beach in france when they were confronted by officers trying to stop them and a violent disorder ensued. we've got some of the police body worn video from the french gendarmerie . you can see it gendarmerie. you can see it there. now that's one of the men thatis there. now that's one of the men that is qatar there who slowed it down. and we're going to move in on. you can see quite clearly thatis in on. you can see quite clearly that is omar saleh , qatar, as that is omar saleh, qatar, as i identified on that picture before then the second man comes into shot. he picks up. they're using makeshift weapons here, stones, wood on branches, sticks . b

virginia mccullough, who is 35 and from chelmsford in essex, is accused of killing the pair, whose bodiesfive metropolitan police officers are due to appear at a gross misconduct hearing over the stop—and—search of the british sprinter bianca williams. she accused the force of racism after she and her partner were handcuffed and separated from their baby son during the search, injuly 2020. nothing illegal was found and no arrests were made. five americans who were jailed for years in iran are expected to fly home this morning, in exchange for five iranian prisoners held in the us and the "unfreezing" of $6 billion of iranian oil money. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in the qatari capital doha. morning, lyse, thank you forjoining us. explain how this exchange is going to work? it’s us. explain how this exchange is going to work?— us. explain how this exchange is going to work? it's a very complex deal going to work? it's a very complex deal. because _ going to work? it's a very complex deal, because it's _ going to work? it's a very complex deal, because it's involvin

the second fixture of the series will be at chelmsford tomorrow. aerated concrete, raac, have had to be partially closed the start of term while they sort it out. after 10am this morning, we are going to be talking about the skaters. in paris, they are going to be banned from their streets completely. residents backed the ban in a referendum earlier this year 90% in favour of taking them off the street. it's a hugely divisive issue so we want to let you have your say. are they a blight on our streets or an easy alternative from clogging our streets up with cars. they are not illegal on our roads at the moment. but we will explain the rules to you from turning on this morning. should we follow the french lead and say non to e scooters. 10a schools will not be opening in england as planned next week because of problems with raac that we know there are many more concerns in schools where this concrete is placed. we are withjessica now. a busy one for you but you must have known about this for some time and you've been looking into. i known about this

louis said that to us after chelmsford that a couple of losses don't make you a bad team.pping and hopefully we'll see more polished performances by the time we get to that. the women's world cup might be over, the new wsl season yet to start, but champion's league qualifying is already underway. arsenal beat swedish side linkopings 3—0 in the semi—final of the first round of qualifying for the women's champions league. they face paris fc this weekend for a place in the second round — the stage before the group stage. arsenal on course to get there. there were also wins for celtic and glasgow city but cardiff city and cliftonville lost. there have been more developments in spain where footballerjenni hermoso has filed a legal complaint over the kiss by the president of spain's football federation, luis rubiales. she was kissed on the lips by rubiales after spain's win over england at the world cup final in sydney, saying it was not consensual. rubiales denies that and has refused to resign, despite being suspended by fifa. the complaint means he could now face criminal cha

. >> rishi sunak is out and about in chelmsford in in essex today. he's an agricultural college.ome of what he's had to say. but he was asked about this very thing about the potential for a legal challenge. you say he's dismissed it well, because he says he's confident that climate change targets would still be met and the government has overdelivered on all of their carbon budgets to date. >> i admire his optimism right plenty more still to come. >> stay with us on the live desk now, though, let's get your latest headlines. here's rhiannon . rhiannon. >> good afternoon . it's 1233. >> good afternoon. it's 1233. your top stories from the newsroom . the bank of england newsroom. the bank of england has left the interest rate unchanged at 5.25. it follows yesterday's better than expected inflation data. the bank's governor, andrew bailey, has welcomed the news, saying he thinks inflation will continue to fall . but shadow chancellor to fall. but shadow chancellor rachel reeves says britain's been left worse off after 13 years of economic chaos and instability under the conservative

secretariat ended a meeting this afternoon with local mps at essex county council's headquarters in chelmsfordhat meeting was former home secretary priti patel . she home secretary priti patel. she told gb news she'll do all she can to get children back to school as soon as possible . school as soon as possible. >> all i'm very clear about the resources that we need . hence my resources that we need. hence my question to the prime minister yesterday. i'm not letting up on that. i want to know that my county council will not be taking the burden share that they're going to be supported. i want to know that my schools and our our teachers are our heads and our teachers are going to . and going to be listened to. and ultimately, isn't just ultimately, this isn't just about the short term. we need all the kids back to school. i want children in want our children to be in classes their teachers, but classes with their teachers, but it's also about the long term. you know, schools like honeywood will capital will need greater capital investment, that's what we investment, and that's what we need.the