clive coleman has the story. woken down, divorcing couples are forced to blame each other on the grounds of adultery, desertion or behaviour which is intolerable to live with. or prove they've been separated for a minimum of two years. the decades, campaigners have been pressing the government to change the law because they argue that when you are getting divorced, you will be torn apart emotionally and financially trying to sort out living arrangements for your children and so to throw fulton blame into the mix at that point is to make a bad situation a whole lot worse. now the government has decided to act. following a consultation, new legislation is to be introduced that will replace the need to provide evidence around fault or separation, with the requirement to provide a statement of irretrievable breakdown. create an option for a joint application for divorce while continuing to allow one party to apply and remove the ability of one spouse to contest the ability of one spouse to contest the divorce. there

clive coleman, bbc news.have been taking part in the most closely—fought election in years. exit polls suggest no clear winner between the likud party of prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and the blue and white alliance led by the former military chief benny gantz. if the polls are correct, neither of the major parties will have enough seats to form a government and will have to rely on smaller parties to form a coalition. our correspondent yolande knell reports from jerusalem. at the end of voting came the first predictions. this poll giving political newcomer benny gantz a narrow lead over the prime minister. but both men have no claimant victory. —— now claimed victory. benjamin netanyahu, her who has corruption charges looming, has been fighting a tough campaign. his main rival, benny gantz, has won popular support with his strong military record and promise of change. some in israel vote along religious lines. others on key issues like security. in this poll there were more than a0 parties to choose fro

clive coleman, bbc news.ordshire police consistently failed to link complaints of stalking involving the ex—partner of a woman who went on to kill herself. nicholas allen was jailed for ten years in 2017, after admitting that his abusive voicemails and messages had led directly to the death ofjustene reece. the force says it's improved its approach to stalking. a man and a woman have been arrested by detectives investigating how an image said to be the body of the argentinian footballer emiliano sala was posted on social media. the picture is thought to have been taken at a mortuary in bournemouth, after sala's body was recovered from a light aircraft which had crashed in the english channel injanuary. wiltshire police said there was no evidence to suggest any staff from the mortuary were involved. tomorrow, the public inquiry into how thousands of nhs patients were given infected blood products in the 1970s and 1980s starts hearing witness evidence. so far, around 3,000 people have died and the scandal has b

thank you, clive coleman, our legal correspondent.s are celebrating after winning the country's third election in four years. they're the largest party, though they fell short of a majority and will need the help of others to form a government. for the first time since military rule ended in the 1970s, a party of the far right is set to enter parliament. from madrid, james reynolds reports. after this country's third vote in four years, spain has a winner. voters picked their way through a collection of fractured parties and gave the governing socialist party more seats than any other group. this is what relief looks like. in the centre of madrid, spain's socialists celebrated their victory. their leader, the pro—european prime minister, pedro sanchez, saw off a conservative opposition, which included a rising movement from the far right. translation: we made it happen. the socialist party has won the election and, in doing so, the future has won and the past has lost. pedro sanchez argued during the campaign that he was the only span

here's our legal correspondent, clive coleman. gone from a marriage and it has irretrievably broken down, divorcing couples are forced to blame each other on the grounds of adultery, desertion, or behaviour which is intolerable to live with. 0r prove they have been separated for a minimum of two years, or five if one spouse doesn't agree. christmas eve, 2014, was my decree nisi. jenny divorced several years ago, but blame and fault meant the entire family suffered. it caused complete communication breakdown and hostility. 0bviously, mostly from me, i became very hostile towards him, which i hadn't been and it caused shouting matches and problems that my children were then witness to. for decades, campaigners have been pressing the government to change the law because they argue that when you are getting divorced, you're being torn apart emotionally and financially, trying to sort out living arrangements for your children, and so to throw fault and blame into the mix at that point is to make a bad situation a whole lot worse. the g

clive coleman, bbc news. into the hands of its lenders as part of an administration process. the company has 166 stores that will continue to trade for now, but 50 branches have already been earmarked for closure. our business correspondent emma simpson is here. emma explain what means for debenhams? its has been in big financial trouble and its fate was sealed this morning, it tipped into administration, but then its two operating companies were immediately sold on to its lender, now they have effectively been calling the shots because of the huge amount of debt that debenhams owes and couldn't afford to repay. it has been weighed down by falling sale, rising costs and expenses release, what does it mean for the stores and the staff? they are unaffected in this process, but it will ultimately lead to store closure, lenders will want to press on with the turn round plan to close round 50 store, to cut costs and get out of the expensive releases, in fa ct out of the expensive releases, in fact further funding

clive coleman, bbc news. staffordshire police consistently failed to link complaints of stalking involving the ex—partner of a woman who went on to kill herself. nicholas allen was jailed for ten years in 2017 after admitting that his abusive voicemails and messages had led directly to the death ofjustene reece. the force says it has improved its approach to stalking. a man and a woman have been arrested by detectives investigating how an image said to be the body of the argentinian footballer emiliano sala was posted on social media. the picture is thought to have been taken at a mortuary in bournemouth after sala's body was recovered from a light aircraft which had crashed in the english channel injanuary. wiltshire police said there was no evidence to suggest any staff from the mortuary were involved. a murder investigation has been launched after the bodies of two women were found at a flat in east london. police were called to the block of flats in canning town on friday, and investigators in protective

clive coleman, bbc news.th of a six—year—old boy can return to work, according to a medical tribunal ruling. in 2015, dr hadiza bawa—garba was found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter over the death of jack adcock. she was struck off last year, but appealed against the decision. the ministry ofjustice has confirmed that 13 prison officers had to be taken to hospital at the weekend, after being assaulted by teenagers at feltham young offenders institution in west london. prison officers have said recent changes in the treatment of inmates who misbehave are partly to blame for increasing tensions. a student who made hundreds of thousands of pounds blackmailing users of pornography websites has been jailed for more than six years. zain kay—surfrom east london used his computer programming skills to trick people into paying a fine or face the threat of being exposed as a user of internet pawn. as a user of internet porn. he's been described as the uk's most prolific cyber criminal to be jailed. our correspon

clive coleman, bbc news. that was clive coleman reporting.ice. but his campaign has been dogged by claims of corruption. his opponent says he is standing for honesty in politics. our correspondent tom bateman reports. election day is a public holiday for israelis. patriotic moment for some. but one that would shape the region's future. after a turbulent campaign. the israeli leader has made a last—minute appeal to get the vote out, telling his right—wing supporters not to be complacent and his opponents could still win. this has in effect become a referendum on mr netanyahu's decade in office. the situation is very good, economy growing, situation good. i think the welfare of the citizens of israeli is good and this is because of him. we used to be netanyahu people but it's really getting too much. you know? in what way? there is an atmosphere of corruption. mr netanyahu has pledged himself to voters as the only one who can guarantee the security of israel but he's been dogged by looming corruption charges. if he is worried about forming anot

clive coleman, bbc news. disclosure came to the fore when several court cases were halted because of evidence not being shared with defence solicitors. one of the defendants affected was student liam allan who was 22 at the time. he had charges dropped when critical material emerged while he was on trial. he told us his thoughts on the new proposals. i think it's a good start. i understand that there are some reservations about it and there's are a few concerns from people working for victims' charities. but considering how valuable it was in my case that the evidence was on the complainant's phone, it's much more invaluable than people realise and it could be so much more valuable to prosecution cases as well as defence cases. so for me, it's a good step in the right direction. but i can understand why people are a little bit concerned with it. i don't think it's fair to go through seven years' worth of information if it was only an accusation across a year period. that doesn't make sense because then that i

our legal correspondent clive coleman reports.n. it now lives in the digital, online space — in often highly personal texts, photos, e—mails and social media posts. and the sheer scale of what's held on our personal devices is staggering. liam allan understands what can happen when that kind of evidence isn't passed to the defence. he was falsely accused of rape. the case against him only collapsed when text messages from his accuser, which proved his innocence, were given to his lawyers days into his trial. he favours victims being asked for their consent to hand over their mobile devices. i can't consider it an invasion of privacy because it assists... there's something in there that will either assist the case, or assist the defence, and that needs to be... you know, the police need to have access to that. otherwise, they're never going to... there's no right to a fair trial then. that's gone. to ensure our fair trial system, the prosecution has to disclose to the defence any evidence gathered by the police that either assists

clive coleman has the story.evably broken down, divorcing couples are forced to blame each other on the grounds of adultery, desertion, or behaviour which is intolerable to live with, or prove they've been separated for a minimum of two years. for decades, campaigners have been pressing the government to change the law because they argue that when you're getting divorced, you're being torn apart emotionally and financially, trying to sort out living arrangements for your children. and so to throw fault and blame into the mix at that point is to make a bad situation a whole lot worse. now the government has decided to act. following a consultation, new legislation is to be introduced that will replace the need to provide evidence around fault or separation, with a requirement to provide a statement of irretrievable breakdown, create an option for a joint application for divorce while continuing to allow one party to apply, and remove the ability of one spouse to contest a divorce. there will be a minimum six—month

our legal correspondent, clive coleman, reports. of liam allen, falsely accused of rape and sexual assault starkly exposed the problems of police and prosecutors failing to disclose relevant evidence to the defence. disclosure is the foundation of our fair trial system. the prosecution must declare —— disclose evidence gathered by police which either helps the defence case or weakens its own. if that fails, miscarriages of justice can or weakens its own. if that fails, miscarriages ofjustice can occur. following several collapsed trials, a series of reviews revealed the system wide problem. at its core with the ability of police and prosecutors to get on top of unprecedented amounts of digital evidence on smart phones and social media. under a national disclosure improvement plan, all cps prosecutors and 93,000 police staff have received a specialist training. discloser champions have been appointed and management systems used for years in complex terrorism cases are now being used in all rape cases. “— cases are now being used in a

clive coleman, bbc news.griff ferris, legal and policy officer for big brother watch and they are preparing a legal challenge to these consent forms. thank you forjoining us. . you are calling this tantamount to a digital strip search. that is a pretty strongly worded statement, isn't it? u nfortu nately, strongly worded statement, isn't it? unfortunately, victims are being coerced into handing over their entire digital lives, just to get a rape prosecution, which is com pletely rape prosecution, which is completely unacceptable. they are being coerced into signing these consent forms, designing away everything that they have available on their phones and social media accounts, just in the pursuit of justice. what evidence do you have that they are going to be coerced into handing this over? we heard the cbs saying they are not asking for a speculative trawl through all of their social media history, their phone history, etc. well, the reality is, that is exactly what has been happening. victims, survivors of

our legal correspondent, clive coleman, sent this update from outside the royal opera house in londoners, but there's been a sort of myth that somehow they don't apply in live music and entertainment venues. this ruling blows that myth away, it put venues like this on the same footing as perhaps a factory floor, and it ensures that employers, whether they are employing orchestra players, or roadies, or rock gigs, have to take all reasonably practical steps to ensure that they are not damage through noise, that means dynamic assessments, risk assessments, anticipating, as happened in this case, a spike in the noise levels, and if they don't do that, then they can get sued. i don't think this ruling means that music is going to be turned off, but i do think it means it will be played a lot more quietly at times. that was clive coleman, the indian airline, jet airways, is temporarily ceasing operations, after failing to secure a 46—million pound emergency financial bail out. around 20,000 jobs are affected. negotiations are continuing with the airline's banks, and a further announcement

clive coleman, bbc news.his hard line on immigration policy. reports in the us press suggest mr trump has wanted much tougher immigration policies — including closing the border with mexico. but in comments just a short time ago he denied that he wanted to reinstate the policy of controversial separating families at the border. and he attacked democrats for being weak on immigration. they want to have open borders, which means they want to have crime, they want to have drugs pouring into our country, they don't want to act. we have to close up the borders. a brief time ago i spoke with democratic congresswoman abigail spanberger from virginia — who formerly served in the cia. congresswoman, it looks like the president wants to get tough on immigration. so i want to ask you about your district, a fairly conservative district in the middle of virginia. what do people dare tell you they want the us government to do on the issue of the southern border? i think my district is a very good example of where this conv

here's our legal correspondent clive coleman.down, divorcing couples are forced to blame each other on the grounds of adultery, desertion, or behaviour which is intolerable to live with. 0r prove they have been separated for a minimum of two years, or five if one spouse doesn't agree. christmas eve, 2014, was my decree nisi. jenny divorced several years ago, but blame and fault meant the entire family suffered. it caused complete communication breakdown and hostility. obviously, mostly from me, i became very hostile towards him, which i hadn't been and it caused shouting matches and problems that my children were then witness to. for decades, campaigners have been pressing the government to change the law because they argue that when you are getting divorced, you are being torn apart emotionally and financially, trying to sort out living arrangements for your children, and so to throw fault and blame into the mix at that point is to make a bad situation a whole lot worse. the government listened and now new legislation will remov

clive coleman, bbc news.d following the bombings on easter sunday and they have revised the number down significantly. the death toll we are now being told is around 100 fewer than the 359 originally thought, and this is from the health agency and the health ministry in sri lanka. they now think that the death toll is around 250—60. we can't exactly say. they say that there has been a miscalculation for various reasons in the past few days. and that this came from the director general of the sri lankan health services, he was speaking just a few moments ago. so just to recap if you're just joining us, the death toll in sri lanka, which was said to be around 359, at least that, is now thought to be around 250—60. it has been revised down because there was some miscalculations. let's update you on another piece of news. we were talking earlier about the call by the former defence secretary sir michael fallon asking for an official inquiry into leaks from the national security council meeting yesterday, the meet

our legal correspondent clive coleman is outside the royal opera house.ey are massive. for years, there has been protection from noise regulations for workers but there has been a kind of myth that somehow they don't apply in live music and entertainment venues. this ruling blows away the myth and puts venues like this on the same footing as perhaps a factory floor. it ensures that employers, whether they are employing orchestra members or any other staff members have to take a reasonably practicable steps to make sure they are not damaged through noise so that means dynamic risk assessments, anticipating, as happened in this case, a spike in the noise levels. if they don't do that, they can get sued. i don't think this ruling means the music will be turned off but i think it means it will be played a lot more quietly at times. thank you very much. the former president of peru, alan garcia, has died in hospital of gunshot wounds. he had shot himself in the head shortly after police arrived at his home to arrest him in connection with a bribery investigati

our legal correspondent, clive coleman, reports.h for evidence in criminal cases has changed beyond all recognition. it now lives in the digital, online space, in often highly personal text, photos, e—mails and social media posts. and the sheer scale of what is held in oui’ the sheer scale of what is held in our personal devices is staggering. liam allan understands what can happen when that kind of evidence is not passed to the defence. he was falsely accused of rape. the case against him only collapsed when text m essa 9 es against him only collapsed when text messages from his accuser which proved his innocence were given to his lawyers days in his trial. he favours victims being asked for their consent to hand over their mobile devices. i can't consider it an invasion of privacy because there is something in it which will insist —— assist the case or the defence and the police need have access to that or they, there is no right to a fair trial, that has gone. to ensure oui’ fair trial, that has gone. to ensure ourfairtrail fair

clive coleman has the story.rently, when a marriage is irretrievably broken down, divorcing couples are forced to blame each other on the grounds of adultery, desertion, or behaviour which is intolerable to live with, or prove they've been separated for a minimum of two years. for decades, campaigners have been pressing the government to change the law because they argue that when you're getting divorced, you're being torn apart emotionally and financially, trying to sort out living arrangements for your children. and so to throw fault and blame into the mix at that point is to make a bad situation a whole lot worse. now the government has decided to act. following a consultation, new legislation is to be introduced that will replace the need to provide evidence around fault or separation, with a requirement to provide a statement of irretrievable breakdown, create an option for a joint application for divorce while continuing to allow one party to apply, and remove the ability of one spouse to contest a divorce.

we will be talking to clive coleman about this case a little later on.ayer has won that case. now let's have a look at the weather. then rich is here. i was walking past your desk and you have amazing pictures, not from here? no, snowfields are a world away from the weather we will be having. we have gone half a world away, two and a half thousand metres above sea level in the mountains of japan. what we are looking at is this wriggling pathway, this is the alpine routes. these pictures are amazing. incredible. we have walls of snow that are 16 metres high, and you can travel through the spy boss, you can travel through the spy boss, you can travel through the spy boss, you can go and have a look and take photographs. it is simply because of the amount of snow they have had in that part of japan over the winter time. look at that. it's amazing. amazing. a centimetre of snow on the a40 and this country grounds to a halt, and then you have this!m closes all winter, it has onlyjust reopened. my big question was, how on earth do they take that out? the best

our legal correspondent, clive coleman, reports.idence in everyone‘s phone... liam allan was falsely accused of rape. the case against him only collapsed when text messages from his accuser, which proved his innocence, were disclosed days into his trial. he favours complainants being asked for their consent to hand over their mobile devices. i can't consider it an invasion of privacy because there is something in there that will either assist the case or assist the defence and that needs to be...the police need to have access to that, otherwise there is no right to a fair trial, that's gone. to ensure our fair trial system, the prosecution has to disclose to the defence any evidence gathered by the police that either assists the defence case or undermines the prosecution's. and because of the way we all live our lives today, a lot of that evidence is found on these things. following a series of collapsed trials, a number of reviews revealed a system—wide disclosure problem. at its core was the ability of police and prosecutors to ge

christopher goldscheider was sitting in front of the brass section of the orchestra. here's clive colemanegulations for workers, but there's been a sort of myth that somehow they don't apply in live music and entertainment venues. this ruling blows that myth away, it put venues like this on the same footing as perhaps a factory floor, and it ensures that employers, whether they are employing orchestra players, or roadies, or rock gigs, have to take all reasonably practical steps to ensure that they are not damage through noise, that means dynamic assessments, risk assessments, anticipating, as happened in this case, a spike in the noise levels, and if they don't do that, then they can get sued. i don't think this ruling means that music is going to be turned off, but i do think it means it will be played a lot more quietly at times. i'm ross atkins, things forjoining me on outside source. our lead story comes from the portuguese outside of madeira. whereabouts has crashed, it 28 people are reported to have died. let's turn to some of the main stories, first of all, the opposition candidat

our legal correspondent, clive coleman, reports.s phone... liam allan was falsely accused of rape. the case against him only collapsed when text messages from his accuser, which proved his innocence, were disclosed days into his trial. he favours complainants being asked for their consent to hand over their mobile devices. i can't consider it an invasion of privacy because there is something in there that will either assist the case or assist the defence and that needs to be...the police need to have access to that, otherwise there is no right to a fair trial, that's gone. to ensure our fair trial system, the prosecution has to disclose to the defence any evidence gathered by the police that either assists the defence case or undermines the prosecution's. and because of the way we all live our lives today, a lot of that evidence is found on these things. following a series of collapsed trials, a number of reviews revealed a system—wide disclosure problem. at its core was the ability of police and prosecutors to get on top of unprece

levels in excess of 130 decibels during a run through of a wagner opera. 0ur legal correspondent clive colemanal, that they do suffer hearing loss. in fact, a charity called musicians uk did a survey in 2016 and a huge percentage said that they had suffered hearing loss, 78% said that it made the hearing was greater. the thing about this case that is highly unusual is that he says he suffered something called acoustic shock, this is because he was sat in front of the brass section. as you mentioned, the noise peaked at 130 decibels, that is about the level of a jet engine, and that is just behind his ear. what he was saying is that the one incident caused this condition called acoustic shock, which is a basket of hearing illnesses, if you like. things like tin it is, dizziness, and the royal opera house's position was that acoustic shock does not exist and, if it did, that the alleged victim did not have it, he contracted another hearing condition known as many as disease. this is the first case that is thought to be acoustic shock but what is being looked at is whether noise protection law ap

clive coleman, bbc news.e each other on the grounds of adultery, desertion, or behaviour which is intolerable to live with, or prove they've been separated for a minimum of two years, or five if one spouse doesn't agree. for decades, campaigners have been pressing the government to change the law, because they argue that when you're getting divorced, you're being torn apart emotionally and financially, trying to sort out living arrangements for your children, and so to throw fault and blame into the mix at that point is to make a bad situation a whole lot worse. amelia jacob is currently going through divorce and believes a no—fault system would have avoided unnecessary stress. there were elements of the process that just felt quite stressful and unnecessarily antagonistic, through no fault of either of ours, but more the process that we had to operate within. in 2018, 118,000 people petitioned for divorce in england and wales, with blame a factor in a large percentage of all cases. now the government has dec

our legal correspondent clive coleman has the details.s vital support. the law society's map shows 184 local authorities have no legal aid service provider, and a further 81 have just one. whole counties such as suffolk have no provision, and in the combo, one housing law firm serves a population of over half a million spread across 1300 square miles. that can mean those on low incomes facing logistical, costly travel challenges. 21 million people in our country live in a local authority area where there is no housing legal aid solicitor. the impact of not being able to get expert advice when perhaps you are facing homelessness is incredibly terrible for individuals, and these individuals are sometimes the most vulnerable in our society. the society says pay rates having increased in 20 years, forcing solicitors to give up legal aid work, as it isn't economically viable. the government says it is misleading to compare legal aid services to local authority areas, as that's not how provision is set, and people can be covered by nearby provi