labour the crown prosecution service.our and the lib dems take the election campaign to the classroom both pledging billions more pounds for education paid for by business. the 11—year—old girl who died on a school trip to a theme park in staffordshire, her family says their world has been torn apart. as us—backed forces drive more islamic state extremists from their strongholds, we talk to the foreign fighters trying to get back to europe. 50 years after their debut album, we talk to pink floyd ahead of the opening of a new exhibition charting the band's success. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news, atletico madrid needed an almighty comeback to beat city rivals real. who would be joining juventus for the champions league final in cardiff? good evening. president trump has defended his decision to fire the head of the fbi, insisting that james comey‘s replacement would do a far betterjob. the president claims america's most senior law enforcement official had lost the confidence of almost everyone in washington and sa

the crown prosecution service has said no conservative politicians or officials will be charged withthe investigation considered evidence from 1a police forces with me is our home affairs correspondent tom symonds. what exactly has the cps said? this results from a police investigation of 1a different forces as far as we're concerned, today. what they we re we're concerned, today. what they were looking at is whether the national conservative party in 2015 had wrongly put on the ledger for local election spending assessments the money it spent sending activists to various constituencies, putting them up overnight, in battle buses, so they could fight for the campaign. the cps had to decide whether there was a criminal prosecution here because it is illegal. the key bit of law says it is an offence to knowingly make a false declaration about election expenses. it hung on this point of whether those involved knew they we re whether those involved knew they were making a false claim. the claims were wrong in many cases. effectively the cps has decided there isn't evidence they did know.

she said she is not convinced that the findings from the crown prosecution soup service mark the end the evidence of criminal intent. the election commission has already levied fines against the tories in terms of election returns, soi tories in terms of election returns, so i think there are big questions to a nswer so i think there are big questions to answer and i hear that the cps is still considering the south thanet situation. so, not withstanding, there is still lots to suggest there is still that the tories were kind of at it in terms of how they were allocating election expenses in certain constituencies. nicola sturgeon has been on the campaign trial in kirkintillock and reacted to news that no conservative politicians 0ur west midlands political as patrick burns joins us in 0ur west midlands political as patrick burnsjoins us in north birmingham. tell us more about the significance of the constituency, patrick. joanna, this is one of those places that hundreds of thousands of people drive by everyday without realising it. that is the m6 behind me. i can tell you that the p

no conservatives will face charges over claims they breached expenses rules, says the crown prosecution service. labour and the lib dems take the election campaign to the classroom both pledging billions more pounds for education — paid for by higher business taxes. and coming up, a draft of the labour ma nifesto and coming up, a draft of the labour manifesto is leaked. we will have an extended peek at what's in it. president trump has defended his decision to fire the head of the fbi, insisting that james comey‘s replacement would do a far betterjob. the president claims america's most senior law enforcement official had lost the confidence of almost everyone in washington. james comey was leading an fbi investigation into alleged links between the trump campaign team and russia. here's our north america editor, jon sopel. this is a fox news alert. fbi directorjames comey has been fired by the president of the united states. the term breaking news is banded around with abandon. last night, it was justified. because at fbi offices the first they knew that their director had been fired was when

the crown prosecution service has said no conservative politicians or officials will be charged withpending in 2015. the investigation considered evidence from 14 police forces. with me is our home affairs correspondent tom symonds. this was a widespread investigation. it was, all the police force is looking into the way in which the national party sent resources, battle buses of activists, two constituencies in the 2015th election campaign. the claim was that spending, the cost of those buses and hotels, was incorrectly put down as national spending when it was local, because it was benefiting various candidates. theoretically it could be an offence under the representation of the people act. the cps had to decide whether to prosecute, they said it was an offence to knowingly make a false declaration, therefore police would have to prove there was knowledge a false declaration was being made. they said there was no evidence for that. in all these cases, the 1a cases it has considered, it has decided there will be no further criminal action. the party has been fined by the electoral

tomorrow, we understand the crown prosecution service will decide whether there is enough evidence too press charges. there are two tests before the prosecution can go—ahead. either way, it's going to be quite a moment because we are just a day from thursday which is the date at which candidates can either come forward or drop out of the general election campaign. so the conservative party, if there are prosecutions, will have some big and complex decisions to make. huw. tom, again, thank you very much for the update there at westminster. tom symonds, our home affairs correspondent. there's been a sharp rise in the number of migrants making the dangerous journey by sea from libya to europe, as we reported yesterday. the numbers attempting the crossing are already 50% higher than last year and attitudes to this influx in europe also seem to have been hardening. my colleague, reeta chakrabarti, was with some of the migrants being brought ashore in italy to face an uncertain future. a new day and perhaps a new life. after days on the deck of this rescue ship, it's the first glimpse of eu

the crown prosecution service says no conservatives will face charges over claims they'd breached the rules on campaign spending during the last general election. the family of evha jannath — the 11—year—old girl who died at a theme park yesterday — say their world has been torn apart. and education takes centre stage in the election campaign. labour and the liberal democrats reveal their policies with pledges of billions more for the sector. and 50 years after pink floyd's debut album — the new exhibition at london's victoria and albert museum. good evening and welcome to bbc news. washington is awash with rumour and speculation tonight after president donald trump's shock dismissal of james comey, the director of the fbi. the white house said the president had lost confidence in mr comey over the past several months. there's been widespread criticism of the move — political opponents have raised the suspicion that mr comey‘s dismissal was linked to his investigation into allegations that members of the trump team colluded with moscow during last year's presidential election. here's

the crown prosecution service has said no conservative politicians or officials will be charged withtion campaign spending in 2015. they said it did not meet the test for further action. they said it did not meet the test forfurther action. one they said it did not meet the test for further action. one case they said it did not meet the test forfurther action. one case is still under consideration, the south thanet constituency in kent. with me is our home affairs correspondent danny shaw. what are they saying tonight? this was about how the conservatives spent their money on battle buses which were touring marginal constituencies in the campaign for the 2015 general election. there we re the 2015 general election. there were concerns that the spending on those battle buses was not recorded locally as it should've been but was pa rt locally as it should've been but was part of the national spending return. there are strict rules about how much parties spend locally on their candidates and campaigns. the electoral commission had already find the conservative party £7,000 for electoral

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the crown prosecution service said it had examined files from 14 police forces in england, but had notion. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, reports. i'm on the bus. i'm on the bus. on the bus. the last general election, conservative activists to the country by battle bus, staying in a string of hotels as they campaign for local candidates. party officials declared the cost of this as national election expenses — not local. and political rivals said the law had been broken. but today, prosecutors decided there was no case to answer. after full and lengthy investigation the legal authorities have confirmed what we believed all along, and what we said all along, which was that the expenses, that local spending was properly reported, was properly declared and that the candidates had done nothing wrong. prosecutors said today that under the relevant law it must be proved that a suspect, that's the local official putting in the declaration, knew the return was inaccurate and acted dishonestly in signing the declaration. but in this case, the local officials said they'd been told

the crown prosecution service said it is an offence to knowingly make a false declaration.nts, acted dishonestly in making inaccurate returns to the commission. so there can't be any charges that. s. the conservative party are pleased and say they were politically motivated and unfounded complaints. but there is a sting in the tail. 0ne complaints. but there is a sting in the tail. one of the files relating to kent has not been considered yet and there could still be prosecutions there. the problem is that tomorrow is the closing date for any candidates in the election to pull out. so you can see that we won't hear about that by tomorrow and that will cause a headache for the conservative party. thank you. a man who was arrested close to downing street last month has appeared in court charged with preparation for a terrorist act. 27—year—old khalid mohammed 0mar ali from london is also charged with two counts of making or having explosives. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, is outside westminster magistrates court. there two explosive counts relate to alleged acti

the crown prosecution service says no conservatives will face charges over claims they'd breached theal election. let's have a look at your financial markets. a bullish sort of day. he is the main measure of stocks across the pond and trading still going on but wall street down. could now be the ‘moment of opportunity‘ for peace in the middle east? that's what the leader of the anglican church justin welby says. on a tour of the holy land, the archbishop of canterbury has met with both israeli and palestinian leaders. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, caught up with him in jerusalem. something that was discussed in both meetings is whether there is, for all kinds of reasons, a moment of opportunity. one of the things i was particularly emphasising was the need, particularly of the poor and the weaker in the area, the minority communities, for peace. although some people can enjoy these situations for years, but others, it becomes an injury report, and i'm thinking that perhaps some of the christian communities around... you met refugees caught up in other regional conflict

if from almost nowhere the crown prosecution service were to say right, we are going to prosecute a wholeially be forced onto the back foot. elsewhere, the liberal democrats and labour both making multi—billion pound funding pledges. where do they say they will get the money from? labour are rolling out what they call their national education service, and they want this to sit alongside the national health service, the thinking being that you do in education what you do in the health service, you provide a free service from cradle to grave. that is a big, big deal, and comes with a big bill. what they are suggesting, for example, is that adults ought to be able to take up further education courses without having to pay anything. that ought to be free for people who are adults to be free for people who are adults to retrain, to acquire new skills and stop they are also talking about reintroducing student maintenance grants, reintroducing educational maintenance allowances, making good some of the cuts to school funding. what we don't get today is the pledge which we'll most will get to axe

the crown prosecution service says no conservatives will face charges over claims they'd breached theth — the 11—year—old girl who died at a theme park yesterday — say their world has been torn apart. and education takes centre stage in the election campaign.

the crown prosecution service is expected to announce later this morning whether any conservative politicianson election campaign spending in 2015. the cps has been considering files sent by the police from nearly thirty constituencies. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo joins us now from westminster. good morning. what are we likely to hear this morning? this relates to claims connected to the last general election about the conservative party. there are complex rules governing spending in local campaigns and international campaigns and international campaigns and international campaigns and the claims are that the conservative party failed to properly declare its spending in local areas, either failing to declare entirely all classifying it national spending as local. about 27 constituencies are affected by this investigation. about 16 police forces have been looking into this and they have passed their findings onto the crown prosecution service. cps are expected to give their verdict on whether any politicians or officials will be charged later this morning. they are deciding whethe

the crown prosecution service said there was an error made in our national returns for the 2015 generalto a battle bus campaign which took tory activists and shipped them into target seats. now, what these cases actually demonstrate is a real oddity in our election law. specifically, there would have been no investigation at all, and no problems at all, had those tory activists simply handed out leaflets that only mentioned david cameron and the conservative party at large. the problem was that, and i quote the electoral commission, "they found social media posts where activists from the coaches "were holding campaign material promoting individual candidates." the reason they drew that distinction is that our law distinguishes between national spending — promoting parties — and local election spending . , , 7— , g at the same cost. and both are going leafleting to help mr bloggs. let's say, by the luck of the draw, one of them gets a bundle of leaflets that praise local manjoe bloggs, and the other gets leaflets that only mention the party leader and national policies. the activists del

no conservatives will face charges over claims they breached expenses rules, says the crown prosecution servicee classroom both pledging billions more pounds for education — paid for by higher business taxes. and coming up, a draft of the labour ma nifesto and coming up, a draft of the labour manifesto is leaked. we will have an extended peek at what's in it.

the response was once again no. 0ver lunchtime, the crown prosecution service have been deciding whatthree women who were teenagers at the time. in the past few minutes, the time. in the past few minutes, the crown has said it is not in the public interest to press forward —— push for a retrial, a second retrial. allegations facing harris we re retrial. allegations facing harris were serious. there was one girl at the time who said back in 1971, she was grouped by rolf harris. there was grouped by rolf harris. there was another who said that rolf harris touched her breast, and another allegation of him doing a similar thing at another allegation of him doing a similarthing atan another allegation of him doing a similar thing at an itv game shows. doing the trial, harris is not racing the allegations. he does not leave court vindicated, because of course, he has already served time in prison for indecent assault of girls. he was only released around a week ago, allowing him to attend this trial in person. it started when he was in prison and he was following it via a video link. in the

murder, the second, preparation of acts of terror, effectively a key of items used by the crown prosecution servicend the police in investigating allegations of terrorism. in essence, what this case relates to is an allegation against rizlaine boular, her mother and a third woman, and it is said that rizlaine boular, along with the other two, conspired between the 11th of april and the 28th of april, so last month, to murder persons unknown. in effect, the allegation amounts to a suggestion that there was going to bea suggestion that there was going to be a terrorist attack involving knives in the westminster area of the capital. rizlaine boular is further accused of engaging in contact in preparation for acts of terrorism and her mother and a third woman are accused of helping her with that. when they came into the dock this morning, they were in full islamic dress with their faces fully veiled. thejudge asked both islamic dress with their faces fully veiled. the judge asked both women to partially remove their face covering so that their eyes could be seen covering so that their eyes could be see

will face charges for breaches of expenses rules over the 2015 general election — says the crown prosecution service

the crown prosecution service says no conservatives will face charges over claims they'd breached there's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. the london ftse100 is up 43 points, but the dowjones, the key indicator as to what is happening to the main stocks in the united states, down to just 61.5 points. in a moment —one of the world's most famous buildings —— the sydney opera house is to get a makeover to improve its notoriously bad acoustics. the white house says president trump is considering four senior fbi officials to serve as the interim replacement for the sacked director of the organisation, james comey. president trump wrote in a letter to mr comey that he agreed with attorney generaljeff sessions' recommendation that he was "not able to effectively lead the bureau". mr comey‘s dismissal has provoked widespread criticism in washington; widespread criticism in washington. democrats and some republicans have linked the move to an fbi investigation into possible collusion between the trump presidential campaign and russia. a little while ago, sarah saunders, the white hous

we havejust had a statement from the crown prosecution service, the specialist prosecutor has said thisedical surgery over more than a decade. he knew the procedures were not needed but carried on regardless, inflicting unlawful wounds on his patients. working closely with the police the cps was faced with the difficult task of selecting the appropriate charges and evidence to put before the court. using clear and detailed presentations to show the medical circumstances of his victims we demonstrated how his actions went far beyond those of any reasonable surgeon. the impact of his actions has been devastating, from the unnecessary distress of ongoing procedures they did not need to the scars that will always serve as a physical reminder of what the doctor did to them. the victim ‘s courage in coming forward enabled the cps to secure this conviction, i hope today's prison sentence provides them with a sense ofjustice being served. he has been given 15 years in prison for those 17 counts of unlawful wounding. he had potentially been facing a maximum life sentence. the president of the ro

the crown prosecution service has commended the bravery of the victims.as a physical reminder of what their doctor ian paterson did to them. the victim ‘s courage in coming forward to give evidence in able the cps to secure his conviction and i hope that today's prison sentence provides them with a sense ofjustice having been done. in the past hour the private health care trust which oversees some of the hospitals where ian paterson carried out some of those operations has released a statement apologising to the victims. one of the private health ca re victims. one of the private health care trusts says what ian paterson did absolutely should not have happened. police hunting for a prisoner who escaped from a hospital in salisbury in wiltshire, say the escape may have been pre—planned and he may have received help. michal kisier, who's thought to be armed with a razor blade, overpowered his guards at the hospital last night. police say he is dangerous, and that members of the public should not approach him. they're urging anyone who sees a man matching hi

investigated over sexual assault allegations which he denied and the case was dropped by the crown prosecution servicee said the way the police and the bbc had cooperated had infringed his brother say. we know he has settled that case today. we do not have any information on the damages. south yorkshire police had previously said the apologise for the additional anxiety caused by the force's handling into the investigation into the singer. it is not over. he has settled with the police but not with the bbc. bbc have made no comment. previously they have said they are very sorry that he has suffered anxiety. we stand by ourjournalism. that case is still ongoing. thank you for the update. president trump is at a meeting of g7 leaders in sicily. theresa may is expected to urge her colleagues there to do more on tackling extremism online. james landale is in sicily, james! well, yeah, this is a fascinating summit. for many of them, it is a first time, four of these leaders, that they have come to one of these summits, so they are feeling their way, and the interesting question hovering over the summit is

the crown prosecution service commended the bravery of the victims in coming forward.undergoing procedures they did not need, to the scars that will always serve as a physical reminder of what their doctor, ian paterson, did to them. the victims‘ courage in coming forward to give evidence enabled the cps to secure his conviction. and i hope that today's prison sentence provides them with a sense ofjustice having been done. the private health care trust that oversees some of the hospitals where mr paterson carried out some of his operations has released a statement apologising to the victims. spire health care, which runs the spire parkway hospital in solihull and the spire little aston, says: bullying in the online gaming world is a growing problem, according to new research. half the gamers questioned by the anti—bullying charity, ditch the label, said they had been harassed or received threats. more details from our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones. for 16—year—old bailey, video games have been a big part of his life. and were once an escape when he was ge

nazir afzal, former chief prosecutor for north west crown prosecution service, is here to tell us what's stumbled in from watch didding or money box because it's all consumer related. i'm trying to keep away from the election and those kind of things. first story is to do with all—inclusive holidays and research that suggests we're actually paying a substantial amount more for all—inclusives than we would if we selected a straightforward bed—and—brea kfast. the default position is that they offer you the all—inclusive first. the research says that if you just had a bed—and—brea kfast and went says that if you just had a bed—and—breakfast and went out and explored the country you were in, you'd probably save yourself several hundred pounds. ithink you'd probably save yourself several hundred pounds. i think that's an issue. we're lazy, i imagine. don't have to bother to go anywhere. we're going to have drinks that are domestic copies of international brands. we're not actually, don't even brands. we're not actually, don't eve n wa nt brands. we're not actually, don't even want to explore

the crown prosecution service say they will not seek a retrial.tes ago on behalf of his clients. whilst i am pleased that this is finally over, i feel no sense of victory, just relief. i am 87 years old, my wife is in ill health and we simply want to spend our remaining time together in peace. i would like to thank my legal team for their extraordinary work and dedication and my barrister, my solicitor and my investigation team at merit international. i want to thank my wonderful friends and family, who have supported me and alwyn over this difficult period. yes, he was surrounded by camera crews from right around the world, and photographers, a sign of how much interest there still is in the veteran entertainer. he was of course a regular fixture on our tv screens for a huge period of time. he has had a career spanning some 50 years in television, music and art. as he left court, he made no comment at all, despite the various questions which were shouted at him. we heard from his solicitor talking about the sense of relief, because he was facing

nazir afzal, former chief prosecutor for north west crown prosecution service is here to tell us what'se front of the daily telegraph. it's focussing on the winter fuel allowa nce. it's focussing on the winter fuel allowance. scottish pensioners we now know, under tory plans in scotland, would keep the universal winter fuel payments, scotland, would keep the universal winterfuel payments, even scotland, would keep the universal winter fuel payments, even though people south of the border would not. that's according to the scottish conservatives. front page of the times has a tory story, they're saying that britain, theresa may, the prime minister, is saying that britain is to lead the way in internet policing, giving customers more power over owning their own datament the guardian — that glimpse ofjulian assange datament the guardian — that glimpse of julian assange yesterday, datament the guardian — that glimpse ofjulian assange yesterday, a defiant salute is what they're saying. we found out that the charges from swedish prosecutors are dropping the charges against him. the headline i

we‘re very concerned in policing as is the regulator and the home office and the crown prosecution servicesely with senior colleagues from those agencies. no doubt you are expecting a lot of calls from solicitors representing some people? my advice and guidance to those solicitors would be that provided guidance to chief co nsta bles across the country on how they can manage their cases and their samples. the cps have also given me advice which i‘ve shared with chief constables on how we should deal with cases that have been through the courts and convictions held. the cps have given us clear guidance on how disclosure packs and information can be provided to defendants going forward. exit polls in south korea‘s presidential election suggest that voters have overwhelmingly chosen the liberal candidate moon jae—in as their next president. he is expected to change course on north korea and increase contact with the regime, despite recent missile tests there. the former president was impeached and arrested over fraud allegations. joining me now via webcam is dr seung—young kim, senior lecture

the crown prosecution service say they will not seek a retrial.f of his clients. whilst i am pleased that this is finally over, i feel no sense of victory, just relief. i am 87 years old, my wife is in ill health and we simply want to spend our remaining time together in peace. i would like to thank my legal team for their extraordinary work and dedication and my barrister, my solicitor and my investigation team at merrick international. i want to thank my wonderfulfriends and international. i want to thank my wonderful friends and family who have supported us over this difficult period. thank you 0ur correspondent simonjones is outside southwark crown court. southwark crown court. rolf harris himself left a short time ago amid some chaotic scenes? yes, he was surrounded by camera crews from right around the world, and photographers, a sign of how much interest there still is in the tranent attain a. was of course a regular fixture on tranent attain a. was of course a regularfixture on our tv tranent attain a. was of course a regular fixture on ou

revoked the european arrest warrant, it is possible the metropolitan police, together with the crown prosecution service to go about his business. so, not to minimise the seriousness, that would be dealt with potentially relatively easily. the more complex matterfrom mr assange's point of view is whether the metropolitan police would then hold him while extradition proceedings to united states were started. the metropolitan police have no power to hold anybody unless there is an arrest warrant in existence or somebody commits a domestic offence, which mr assange has not. if there isa which mr assange has not. if there is a provisional warrant existence, issued at the request of the united states, he could be arrested on that, if that is in existence. but other than that, he is free to go about his business, he cannot be held in some sort of preventative detention while the united states decides whether or not to seek his extradition. but it is worth pointing out that throughout all of this, there have not been any indication from the united states that it will seek extradition, that is not to say that i