daniel sandford at new scotla nd murder. daniel sandford at new scotland yard, thank you.n a speech to the powerful national rifle association. and he suggested that the uk's tough gun laws had led to a rise in knife crime. the president said a hospital in london was like "a war zone" because of the number of stabbing victims it was having to treat. from dallas, gary 0'donoghue reports. there he is, there's donaldj trump. travelling to the nra's convention has become an annual pilgrimage for president trump but recent mass shootings have put the organisation on the back foot, but today, the president remained staunch in his defence of them and their right, constitutionally, to own a gun. your second amendment rights are under siege, but they will never, ever, be under siege as long as i am your president. cheering and applause. but after the shooting of 17 students and teachers at the school in parkland, florida, on valentine's day, the mood has changed, with young people around the country, keeping gun control at the forefront of the debate. my my daughter has no voice. s

daniel sandford has the story.eeks of being at the centre of a huge diplomatic crisis, suddenly there she was. julia skripal was poisoned with a nerve agent in salisbury on march the fourth. but today, she was well enough to read a prepared statement. translation: i still find it difficult to come to terms with the fact that both of us were attacked in such a way. the fact a nerve agent was used to do this is shocking. we are so lucky we survived this attempted assassination. the clinical treatment was invasive, painful and depressing. the police believe she and her father were poisoned by a russian designed novichok nerve agent, smeared on the doorknob. it led to these scenes in salisbury as the police tried to control contamination. it was clear thatjulia skripal has been left with a scar on her neck from a tracheotomy. translation: my life has been turned upside down as i try to come to terms with the devastating changes both physically and emotionally. i want to help care for my father until his full recovery.

daniel sandford reports. agent almost 11 weeks ago, there were concerns they might not survive. but now, 5.5 weeks after his daughter, sergei skripal has also been discharged from hospital. the staff here, when the skripals first came in, would have been dealing with something that, to be honest, no other clinicians in the world have seen before. and so they really did an incredible job in taking the unknown and working through treatment and maintaining life—saving therapy to get the result that we've seen today. i understand that sergei skripal has spoken at length with detectives now, and can walk, but he's not completely well and no—one knows what the long—term effects on his health will be. in russia, president putin said of the man who had spied for britain, "god grant him good health", and said that if a military—grade nerve agent had been used — as the british government claims — then the skripals would have died on the spot. the russian ambassador in london said embassy officials still want to see the

daniel sandford, bbc news, salisbury. experts is being sent to the democratic republic of congo to help tackle the ebola outbreak. 25 people have thought to have died so far. the world health organisation believes more than 500 people have come into contact with the virus and will need monitoring for symptoms. bmw is recalling an additional 88,000 cars in the uk due to a potentialfire risk. it's in addition to a recall last week over faulty wiring connections, which could cause vehicles to cut out whilst being driven. in total, nearly 400,000 bmw 3—series cars are affected. the department of health in northern ireland says more than 3,000 patients of the neurologist dr michael watt are being called to be reassessed after concerns about potential misdiagnosis. the recall follows an independent review of his work. the number of patients being called back may still go up. downing street has said that theresa may regards as "unacceptable" remarks the speaker of the house of commons is alleged to have made about a cabinet mini

daniel sandford.ave warned that a new customs system, favoured by some ministers, could cost business up to £20 billion a year. hmrc‘s chief executive told a parliamentary committee that the option — known as max fac — could take three years to implement. the other option being considered — called a customs partnership — would cost considerably less, but would still take years to implement. downing street says work on the two options is still continuing, as our business editor, simonjack, reports. they roll on, they roll off. goods moving between the uk and the eu through dover, with no customs checks. the english channel no more significant a border than the mersey, the thames or the clyde. after brexit, things will change. the head of uk customs today told mps analysing the government two alternative customs options, was plenty of work. we have employed more than 1100 staff working on brexit now. i think two is enough. what are those two options? 0ption one is a streamlined customs process, or maxim

daniel sandford, thank you.ocal elections, with more than 4,000 council seats up for grabs. 0ur political correspondent, chris mason, explains why they matter. what do you mean, council elections don't leave you throbbing with excitement? 0k, well, here are some pretty pictures. well, fairly pretty, given it's cloudy, from up a tall building in london. worth it for their own sake, i hope you agree. but we are up here, at the top of the shard, to peer down on election contests as far as the eye can see. every single council seat, nearly 2,000, are there to be snaffled on all 32 london boroughs. but the gaze of the expert i've brought with me extends beyond the horizon. there is no question, this is a predominantly urban election year. last time, it was counties. last year, it was counties. this year, it's london, most of the other metropolitan areas, some unitaries, and there are one or two shire districts as well, but it's mostly cities and urban voters where, of course, labour has tended to be stronger in the p

what daniel sandford is here. appears to have happened intriguing what appears to have happened?ay that romany abramovich‘s office say it's a personal matter and they won't comment on it but somebody close to the russian billionaire told me his visa did expire three weeks ago and he has been trying to renew it and it's taking longer than expected as it's taking longer than expected as it was put to me. roman abramovich‘s private plane left britain on the ist of april and you can track it and see it has been in the intervening weeks to moscow, monaco, sweden, new york but it hasn't been to the uk so he has not returned as far as we to the uk so he has not returned as faras we can to the uk so he has not returned as far as we can see since his visa expired, so what is going on? he has missed the fa cup final and he has eight mansion on kensington palace gardens, the most expensive street in britain and we got a quote from the home office, from the security minister saying that they did not discuss individual cases and what could have changed is that the climate between britain and

daniel sandford, bbc news, salisbury.ooking at life it is of windsor where people are camping over to the right of your screen. they are trying to secure the best possible view for the wedding of queen elizabeth's grandson prince harry to the actress meghan markle. tens of millions of others around the world are expected to watch the event on television. the airto to watch the event on television. the air to the british throne prince charles will walk the american down the aisle. —— heir. and, of course, the bbc is the place to be for all things royal wedding. the ceremony is, of course, taking place on saturday and we'll bring you our special live coverage from windsor castle from 9am gmt, here on bbc world news. stay with us. hello there. we ended the week on a lovely note, thanks to this big area of high pressure which will still be with us during the weekend and for many of us into next week as well. weather watcher photos pouring through of the glorious sunset up and down the uk. you can see how beautiful the skies w

daniel sandford has more detail.entre of a huge diplomatic crisis, suddenly there she was. yulia skripal was poisoned with a nerve agent in salisbury on march 4th. but today, she was well enough to beat a prepared statement. translation: i still find it difficult to come to terms with the fact that both of us were attacked in such a way. the fact that a nerve agent was used to do this is shocking. we are so lucky we both survived this attempted assassination. the clinical treatment was invasive, painful and depressing. police believe she and her father were poisoned by a russian designed novichok nerve agent smeared on the door handle of his home. it led to surreal scenes in salisbury as the police and the army tried to control contamination. today it was clear that yulia skripal has been left with a scar on her neck from a tracheotomy. translation: my life has been turned upside down as i try to come to terms with the devastating changes both physically and emotionally. i want to help care for my father until his fu

here's our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. for more than 11 weeks, she's been at the centre of an international scandal that saw dozens of russian diplomats expelled from britain, the united states and europe. this afternoon, she stepped out of the shadows in this, her first public appearance since being attacked with a nerve agent. translation: we are so lucky to have both survive this attempted assassination. i don't want to describe the details, but the clinical treatment was invasive, painful and depressing. our recovery has been slow and extremely painful. i'm grateful to all of the wonderful, kind staff at salisbury hospital, a place i have become all too familiar with. i also think fondly of those who helped us on the street on the day of the attack. the nerve agent attack left parts of saul bray looking like a disaster movie, but also caused a huge row with the russian embassy in london, who demanded access to the skripals, something she dealt with in today's statement. translation: i take one day at a time and want to

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is here. he has more details about this.y the home secretary? as the windrush scandal has unfolded, we have heard about people losing homes, losing access to the nhs and being put in immigration detention centres. until now we have not heard anyone had been thrown out of the country. today sajid javid believes they were 63 cases where it may have happened. that is 63 cases where people have been either told to leave the country or been forced out of the country. these were people who were para being commonwealth citizens arriving before 1973 and they had as much right to live in britain as anyone else. of those, 30 we re britain as anyone else. of those, 30 were ones who had been told by officials they had to leave and left in quotes voluntarily. another was forced to leave. the others were more complicated. they had served time in prison. it is still not clear about whether they should have been allowed to remain in britain although there may be less sympathy for them. the scandal is getting worse for the government. they h

daniel sandford reports from salisbury.eeks ago, there were concerns they might not survive. but now, five and a half weeks after his daughter, sergei skripal has been discharged from hospital. the staff here when the skripals first came in would have been dealing with something that, to be honest, no other clinicians in the world have seen before. they really did an incredible job in taking the unknown and working through treatment, and maintaining life—saving therapy to get the result that we have seen today. i understand sergei skripal has spoken at length with detectives now and can walk but he is not completely well. in russia, president putin said, ifa military grade nerve agent had been used, the skripals would be dead. it was a theme picked up on by his ambassador in london. if it was really novichok, and they were poisoned by novichok, the consequences would be very serious. sergei skripal‘s house, which police believe to be the scene of the crime, remains abandoned. the front door has been taken away to the chemic

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has been following the story closely.he billionaire told me his visa expired three weeks ago. he has been trying to renew it and it is taking longer than usual. it means he missed the fa cup final yesterday. looking at flight data, his plane left britain on a the first, going to monaco, monaco, switzerland and new york but it hasn't returned to the uk. he doesn't seem to be able to come back here at the moment. this is a man who has regularly attended chelsea home game since 2003. he has a mansion on kensington street palace gardens. the home office said they have a statement from the security minister, not the immigration minister, who said they don't comment on individual cases. it does look like it is possible it is linked to the deterioration in relations between britain and the aftermath of sergei skripal and his daughter. although it could be some unexpected red tape. police investigating the death of a woman in barnsley in south yorkshire have launched a murder investigation. officers were called to union street ye

a warning, daniel sandford's report contains a racially—offensive term.h murder and violent crime rising and the threat from terrorism still the viacom sajid javid came to birmingham knowing he needed the police on his side —— still severe post he reminded them that his brother was a police officer and record the extremely racially offensive language he heard when his brother took him for a ride in a patrol car. teenagers giving them the middle finger, swearing and spitting. and, worst of all, at one point when his car approached lights and slowed down from one teenager leaned over and yelled at my brother, you lackey bustard. his message, after a difficult eight yea rs message, after a difficult eight years between the home office and rank and file was simple. let's reset the relationship between the government and the police. i will give you the tools, the powers and the back—up that you need to get the job done, for those of you who stand on the front line, be in no doubt that i will be standing with you. thank you. nonetheless, the chair of the police

here's our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford.han 11 weeks, she's been at the centre of an international scandal that saw dozens of russian diplomats expelled from britain, the united states and europe. this afternoon, she stepped out of the shadows in this, herfirst public appearance since being attacked with appearance since being attacked with a nerve agent. translation: we are so lucky to have both survive this attempted assassination. i don't want to describe the details, but the clinical treatment was invasive, painful and depressing. our recovery has been slow and extremely painful. i'm grateful to all of the wonderful, kind staff at salisbury hospital, a place i have become all too familiar with. i also think fondly of those who helped us on the street on the day of the attack. the nerve agent attack left parts of saul bray looking like a disaster movie, but also caused a huge row with the russian embassy in london, who demanded access to the skripals, something she dealt with in today's statement. translation: i take one

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has been following the story closely and speaking to peoplemaovich. someone very close to the billionaire told me that his visa expired three weeks ago. he has been trying to renew it, and it is taking a little longer than usual. that has meant that he missed the fa cup final yesterday. his private boeing 767 left britain on april the ist, it has since been going to moscow, monaco, to switzerland, to new york, but it has not returned to the uk. he does not seem to be able to come back here at the moment. this is a man who has been regularly attending chelsea home game since 2003. he had got a huge mansion on britain's most expensive street, kensington palace gardens, and when we asked the home office what is going on, we got a statement from the security minister, not the immigration minister, saying they don't routinely comment on individual cases. so, it does look as if it's possible that this is somehow linked to the deterioration in relations between britain and russia in the aftermath of the poisoning of the skripals, but it could stillju

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has been following the story closely and speaking to peoplesomeone very close to the billionaire told me that his visa expired three weeks ago and he has been trying to renew it. and it is taking a little longer than usual that meant he missed the fa cup final and his private bowling left april on britain the first and has been to moscow, to new york, but it has not returned to the uk. he does not seem to be able to come back here at the moment. this is a man who has regularly been attending chelsea home games since 2003 and has a huge mountain... mansion. we got a statement from the security minister not the immigration minister and saying they do not routinely comment on individual cases. it does look like it is possible this is somehow lead to the deterioration in relations between russia and written. it could be some kind of unexpected red tape. daniel sa mford kind of unexpected red tape. daniel samford there. a man, believed to be in his 20s, has been stabbed to death in mitcham in south west london. police were called in the early hours

daniel sandford, bbc news, at the home office.yed. the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has asked for an "urgent meeting" with transport secretary chris grayling. 0ur north of england correspondent, fiona trott, joins me now from manchester piccadilly railway station. what is the latest? a meeting is due to ta ke what is the latest? a meeting is due to take place between the department for trust board and politicians here in the north of england who put pressure on them. —— for transport. passengers say they are delighted to hear that and they say that since the new timetable came in there have been cancellations and delays between blackpool, preston, bolton angry messages on social media with the hashtag northern instead of northern rail. we have they will be discussing a with politicians here including improving driver rosters to get more trains running increasing driver training on new routes to get more services online as quickly as possible and putting on extra peak—time services from this station, manchester victor

daniel sandford reports from salisbury.gent, almost 11 weeks ago, there were concerns they might not survive, but now, five and a half weeks after his daughter, sergei skripal is discharged from hospital. the staff here, when the skripals first came in, would have been dealing with something that to be honest, no other clinicians in the world has seen before. so, they really did an incredible job of taking the unknown and working through treatment and maintaining life—saving therapy to get the result that we are seeing today. i understand sergei skripal has spoken at length with detectives now, and can walk, but is not completely well. in russia, president putin said if a military grade nerve agent had been used, the skripals would be dead. it was a theme picked up on by his ambassadorial london. if it was really novichok, and there were poisoned by novichok, the consequences will be very serious. sergei skripal‘s house, which police believe was the scene of the crime, remains abandoned. his front door has been taken away t

our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, is here. daniel, what appears to be happening?to comment. they say it is a private matter. but someone very close to the billionaire told me his visa expired three weeks ago. he has been trying to renew it. it is taking a little longer than usual. that meant he missed the fa cup final yesterday. looking at flight data, his private jet left final yesterday. looking at flight data, his privatejet left britain on april one. it has since been going to moscow, monaco, switzerland, new york. but it has not returned to the uk. he doesn't seem to be able to come back here at the moment. he has regularly attended chelsea home games since 2003. he has a huge mansion on kensington palace gardens. when we asked the home office what was going on. we got a statement from the security minister, not the immigration minister. they said they don't routinely comment on individual cases. it does look as if it is possible that this is somehow linked to the deterioration in relations between britain and russia in the aftermath of the poisoning of the s

a warning, daniel sandford's report contains a racially—offensive term. on his side. to win them over he reminded them that his brother is a police officer and recalled the extremely racially offensive language he heard when his brother took him for a ride in a patrol car. teenagers giving them the middle finger, swearing and spitting. and, worst of all, at one point when his car approached lights and slowed down, one teenager leaned over and yelled at my brother, you bleep. his message, after a difficult eight years between the home office and rank and file, was simple. let's reset the relationship between the government and the police. i will give you the tools, the powers and the back—up that you need to get the job done. for those of you who stand on the front line, be in no doubt that i will be standing with you. thank you. nonetheless, the chair of the police federation still made this plea. home secretary, learn the lessons your predecessors failed to. three years ago, theresa may accused us of crying wolf. we were accused of scaremongering over th

daniel sandford reports when they were first poisoned with a military grade nerve agent almost 11 weeksscharged from hospital. the staff here when the skripals first came in would have been dealing with something that, to be honest, no other clinicians in the world have seen before. they really did an incredible job in taking the unknown and working through treatment, and maintaining life—saving therapy to get the result that we have seen today. i understand sergei skripal has spoken at length with detectives now and can walk but he is not completely well. in russia, president putin said, if a military grade nerve agent had been used, the skripals would be dead. it was a theme picked up on by his ambassador in london. if it was really novichok, and they were poisoned by novichok, the consequences would be very serious. sergei skripal‘s house, which police believe to be the scene of the crime, remains abandoned. the front door has been taken away to the chemical weapons laboratory at porton down for examination. counterterrorism detectives have warned their investigation could take many

here's our correspondent daniel sandford.he centre of an international scandal that saw dozens of russian diplomats expelled from britain, the united states and europe. this afternoon, she stepped out of the shadows in this, her first public appearance since being attacked translation: we are so lucky to have both survived this attempted assassination. i don't want to describe the details, but the clinical treatment was invasive, painful and depressing. our recovery has been slow and extremely painful. i'm grateful to all of the wonderful, kind staff at salisbury hospital, a place i have become all too familiar with. i also think fondly of those who helped us on the street on the day of the attack. the nerve agent attack left parts of salisbury looking like a disaster movie, but also caused a huge row with the russian embassy in london, who demanded access to the skripals, something she dealt with in today's statement. translation: i take one day at a time and want to help care for my father until his full recovery. in the lo

our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, is at westminster magistrates' court.s first court appearance. he faces three charges, one is that he was planning an attack in london, that the allegation, that he had sworn an oath of allegiance both to the islamic state group but also to its leader, abubakar al by gardai, and that he had conducted some reconnaissance, the allegation is that sites included 0xford reconnaissance, the allegation is that sites included oxford street and madame tussaud's. he is also accused of fund raising for terrorism by using our facebook group he had set up called antique collections, and he is also accused of preparing acts of terror by buying a plane ticket to the philippines, a region where the islamic state group is known to operate. he travelled to heathrow to use that plane ticket before he was stopped, so he is facing three charges but in court he said he declared himself innocent, as he put it, all three charges. remained seated about this hearing and the judge said he should next appear at the old bailey on the 11th of may and

daniel sandford is with us now. as to the progress that was being made. made. essentially a review of? at this stage we don‘t. don‘t. these tests were submitted to the net between 2012 and 2017. the net between 2012 and 2017. actual cases that have come to court have been affected by this. have been affected by this. should feel it might have affected a case they were involved in. case they were involved in. properly in how they were handling these cases. these cases. this like a hole in the head of the moment, don‘t they? this like a hole in the head of the moment, don't they? moment, don't they? science services is something which the whole judicial depends on. the whole judicial depends on. along the way, rather than any institutional problem. institutional problem. which have come to light are the full extent of it. full extent of it. problem that the met don‘t seem to think that there is. think that there is. daniel, thank you very much. son to take the blame. who was 32, near accrington, in lancashire, last october. that he was the one who pulled the trigger. young people contin