danny savage, bbc news, lancashire. now on bbc news, sport today.oday, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: raheem sterling scores twice in the uefa nations league as england beat spain 3—2 in seville. we look into why athletes from the faroe islands are being refused the chance to represent their country on the biggest stage. and six sixes in an over but still not enough to win the game. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with uefa nations league football, and the news that spain's 100% record in the inaugural tournament has been brought to an end by england. gareth southgate's side were 3—2 winners in seville, the first time in their history that spain had conceded three goals at home in a competitive international match, with raheem sterling picking up two either side of a marcus rashford goal. watching on was our sports editor, dan roan.

danny savage, bbc news, west yorkshire. never be reached, according to the european union's chief negotiator. michel barnier says 90 percent of the deal is done, but that the problems surrounding the irish border could collapse any agreement. and the prime minister is facing a fierce backlash against the idea of extending the uk's transition period after leaving the european union, as john pienaar reports. still in brussels, still turning on the charm, or trying to, still getting nowhere fast. not many more leaders‘ club photos like this before britain leaves. but now, mrs may has been handed a set of politically impossible demands as the price of a deal. she went on her way with eu leaders like donald tusk, sympathetic but still leaving her to face mutinous tories and angry unionists. brussels‘ chief negotiator took to french radio to say britain was behind its own problems. brexit has numerous consequences, it was chosen by the british, he said. and at home today, the consequences included her scottish secretary openly de

danny savage, bbc news, liverpool.vered the money in pieces in the home's shredder and found the culprit was their 2—year—old son. ben and jackee belnap had been saving money to pay back ben's parents for the football season tickets, but were left searching the home when it disappeared over the weekend. he helped me shred all of our bills 01’ he helped me shred all of our bills or things that we don't want, like, things we want shredded. so we normally turn the shredder off, but i must have left it on. most people said their child drew crayon on the wall or something. i never heard of a kid, you know, shredding a grand. there is some hope for the couple though. they've spoken with the us department of treasury, and they may be able to get some or even all of the money back. the process could take up to two years. as for their toddler, he'll be banned from using the shredder. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones. hello. some of us will have good weather on saturday, for others it is not going to be quite so

danny savage is there for us. danny? says it is seeking guidance on how to achieve a zero emissions economy in waste doing it yea rs emissions economy in waste doing it years to come, but there is new way of the developing a fossil fuel is being developed here lancashire. in contrast, the company says there is huge demand for natural gas, it powers our boilers at home, and there will be demand for decades to come, but the protest is here today who were blocking the gate behind me until a few moments ago see the fracking here in lancashire is sending out the wrong message. waving placards, embedding arms into lumps of concrete, refusing to come down from scaffolding on top of a van which they chained themselves to. the fracking may have started again, but the protests haven't stopped. we have to stop using fossil fuels, and we need to stop now. i'm an old granny, right? but i have to be here, because it's going to affect our grandchildren, and we have to stop it. pamela sloan taught geography locally for more than a0 year

danny savage, bbc news, west yorkshire.ormer head of m16, sirjohn sawers, has said he has little doubt that the order to kill the journalist jamal khashoggi came from the highest level of the saudi regime. the washington post columnist hasn't been seen for more than two weeks since entering the saudi consulate in istanbul. the saudi authorities have denied any involvement, but the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has warned of consequences if mr khashoggi has been murdered. our middle east editor jeremy bowen has this report. a forest near istanbul is the latest scene in this game of thrones for the 21st century. turkish police reportedly searched here for the dismembered body of jamal khashoggi. the saudi journalist has not been seen since he went into his country's consulate in istanbuljust over a fortnight ago. the accusation is that he was killed on the order of crown prince mohamed bin salman. the de facto ruler of saudi arabia. he has tried to reassure the americans and other allies, but it is looking thin. this appall

danny savage, bbc news, lancashire.wen bennett and economic adviser with the arbuthnot banking group ruth lea — that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30. i'm sure many of you will be relieved to two here we have a quiet week ahead with no name stores. —— relieved to hear. ex—hurricane micro over iberia. another area of low pressure affecting our weather —— michael. strong to gale force winds in the north—west of scotland. nothing unusual about that. we have this narrowing band of rain, shouldn't amount to too much. ahmedov it's a misty, grey weather, skies will brighten —— ahead of it a misty. pretty warm in the south—east. kemps back up to 22 or 23. for most, with the southerly breeze, a bit warmer on tuesday —— temperatures. that's the peak of the heat. we've got that band of cloud and a bit of rain on it that continues to drift rather aimlessly in to england and wales. either side of that, bit of mist and patchy fog. nothing too cold just yet, there are some colder nights on the way mind you. on wednesday, we're

from leeds crown court, danny savage reports. a bus station. car park of a diy store in huddersfield. a lonely moorland. just a few of the places where vulnerable children were groomed and sexually abused by men of mainly pakistani heritage. so many men were involved that three trials were needed. a judge has now ruled the 20 who were convicted can now be publicly identified. one of them was mohammed ibrar, nicknamed "bully", a huge man who used his physical prescence to intimidate. one of his victims was thrown out of his car when she refused to give in to his depraved demands. he kept punching me and punching me, it felt like my nose was broken. they kicked me and i got out of the car and i started running. i jumped over the fence and i started running down the moors, then i ran back up and saw them drive off. i had tojump in front of a car covered in blood at 4am in the morning to get a lift back to huddersfield. the ringleader, amere singh dhaliwal, was jailed for life and told he must serve a minimum of 18 years. the judge said his treatme

danny savage, bbc news, lancashire.the country is facing a humanitarian crisis brought about by its economic collapse. yet a report by a group of venezuelan universities estimates that last year alone food shortages meant three—quarters of the population lost 11 kilograms in weight. despite having the largest oil reserves in the world, regular power shortages have left the country almost on its knees. the bbc‘s vladimir hernandez has travelled to one of the worst affected areas — the state of sulia. he‘s one of the few international journalists who‘s been able to report from there. this is sulia‘s biggest meat market. well, it used to be at least. now it is less about meat but more about hooves, fat, tripe and bones. animal offcuts have become the affordable option for venezuelans — priced out by hyperinflation. anything that makes a good soup or a stew. as i walk through the market, i come up to a stall with an awful stench. rotten beef is also sold here in this market. it smells strong. it has flies all over it. a kil

danny savage, bbc news, liverpool. amazing! chris fawkes has the weather.e summer in london's autumn is going to be back with a vengeance going through the weekend. the cooler air is weather it is already across scotla nd weather it is already across scotland and northern ireland with the third at the sunshine but look at this drop in temperatures around the corner. from around 21 degrees in reading down tojust 12 degrees, some places will even see nine degrees celsius drop in temperatures. it is down to this cold front pushing southwards, sweeping away the milder air and replacing it with chilly air that we have in the north. tonight, the dividing line is with us, the rain heavy at times for wales and northern ireland is of england and to the south—east, no cloud develops with mist and fog patches over the hills and it is down at times also. temperatures for the south—east, 10-12d but temperatures for the south—east, 10—12d but in northern areas with clear skies, it is a cold night in patti frost first thing in the morning in the countryside. if you head i

from leeds crown court, danny savage reports.station, the car park of a diy store in huddersfield, a lonely moorland, just a few of the places where vulnerable children were groomed and sexually abused by men mainly of pakistani heritage. so many men were involved that three trials were needed. ajudge has now ruled the 20 who were convicted can now be publicly identified. 0ne ruled the 20 who were convicted can now be publicly identified. one of them was mohammed, nicknamed bully, a huge man who used his physical presence to intimidate. 0ne a huge man who used his physical presence to intimidate. one of his victims was thrown out of his car when she refused to give in to his depraved demands. he kept punching me and punching me. it felt like my nose was broken. they kicked me and i got out of the car run started running. ijumped i got out of the car run started running. i jumped over the i got out of the car run started running. ijumped over the fence and started running down the moors. i ran back up and saw them drive off. i had

danny savage, bbc news, liverpool. that's it from us tonight. have a good weekend. — i'm lizzie greenwood—hughes. the headlines tonight. this year's grand final line up is decided as wigan beat castleford to once again set up a showdown with old rivals warrington. glenn murray gives brighton only their second win of the season, beating west ham at home. and jorge lorenzo walks away from this huge crash at the inaugral thailand moto gp. we're starting with rugby league because this year's grand final line up has been decided. and once again, it's between wigan and warrington. the two old foes will meet at old trafford next saturday after wigan comfortably beat castleford 13—0 in tonight's second semi—final. joe lynsky reports. in super league, a season's artwork can come down to one friday night shuffle. when it could finish at one point above castleford in the regular season but that is enough for home advantage. and games at this magnitude, that make all the difference. the early... 0ver this magnitude, that make all the difference. the early... over the line. cruc

danny savage, bbc news, newcastle.on staff in england and wales has risen to another record high. assaults on staff were up by more than a quarter in the year tojune, with figures from the ministry ofjustice also showing a large rise in levels of self—harm among inmates. the government says it is recruiting more prison officers and strengthening jail security. a report by mps has accused the bbc of failing in its duty to give staff equal pay and opportunities. the digital, culture, media and sport select committee said women at the corporation were earning "far less" than men for doing comparable jobs. the bbc director—general, tony hall, says he's committed to closing the gender pay gap by 2020. when it comes to home care for someone who is elderly and disabled, it should cost councils at least £18 an hour to provide it. but most aren't paying even the bare minimum according to the body which represents care companies. only one in seven councils in the uk is paying enough to cover care workers' salaries and travel tim

danny savage, thank you very much. as ministers launch green tb week, an initiative to encourage companies to turn away from coal, oil and gas to protect the climate. how does that square with today's announcement? roger harrabin reports. coal burning is climate enemy number one, so britain's become a global leader in tackling climate change, by phasing out coal for power generation. now, scientists say a huge expansion in wind and solar power is needed to stabilise the climate. we must stop burning coal, gas and oil, their report said last week. the climate minister has taken notice. i am going to be asking today, formally, our committee on climate change for advice on how we get to the net zero target by 2050, and a part of that advice will be to help me understand the costs that might be associated with it, obviously it is going to be a range, because then i can start to think about what does government need to do, what does the private sector need to do and how could we collaborate round the world to try and drop t

our correspondent danny savage has been following in their footsteps. giant. this extraordinary, huge, mechanical clock was going down a storm today. operated by a tea m down a storm today. operated by a team of nearly 20 artists, the giants here are becoming the stuff of legend. he and his master woke up in the centre of liverpool this morning before setting out. they are huge and they have all these mechanical bits and the design of the vehicles that drove them and it was amazing. what is so special about them ? so special about them? the mannerisms, the puppeteering, everything about it. between now and sunday these giants will not more than 20 miles across merseyside with hundreds of thousands of people expected to turn out to see them. the dog, had a great time. climbing ona the dog, had a great time. climbing on a bus shelter and stopping to be a pampered pooch. what was it like to manicure a giant dog? very difficult but we did our best and it was excellent, a wonderful experience. we are so happy that they have come to liverpool and included us.

danny savage, bbc news. look north's home and social affairs correspondent emma glasbey is in huddersfield and has sent this update. well, the details of the these three trials were chilling. these girls were children deliberately selected and targeted because they were vulnerable. now, the judge told the court the way these girls were treated defies understanding. he said that many if not all of the girls will never recover from the abuse they suffered. he said that the girls had displayed great courage in giving evidence, but that the men responsible had shown no remorse. now the ringleader of this gang was a man who raped girls as young as 11. thejudge told him, "your treatment of these girls was inhuman." he was jailed for 18 years. another man disappeared during the course of his trial whilst he was on bail. police are still looking for him. now there were criticisms in court of west yorkshire police and local council about how they responded to the victims and their families when the abuse began 1a yea

danny savage reports. ed farmer, 20 years old and a student at newcastle university.tural society. this is them on the night he died, heading off for drinks. later they egged each other on to drink large measures of vodka. the inquest heard that around 100 triple vodkas were ordered by the group at one bar they went to that evening. they then drank from other bottles of spirits as they went from pub to pub. by the time they got to this metro station to head off to a student house, one witness says ed farmer was very drunk. in the station he fell over and had to be helped up. at the other end he was carried off the platform. surrounded by the friends ed was drinking with that night, his father today criticised the university and the tradition of initiation events. ed's is not the first utterly needless and wasteful death to come about through this potentially fatal practice. we heard in evidence how initiations have been ongoing at newcastle university in excess of ten years. despite such events being apparently banned by both the university and student union. we have

danny savage, bbc news, lancashire. you are up—to—date, it is just after 3:30am in the morning.n bbc news, the travel show. this week, we're in cairo, as egypt's capital prepares to open the doors to the biggest archaeological museum in the world. it's fit for a king. you have lentils, you have chickpeas and you have these fried onions. we sample some of the city's culinary delights. all in this one dish? yes. and we go behind the scenes as scientists attempt a delicate operation to restore a priceless discovery back to its former glory. this is one of the oldest structures of wooden ship in the world. we start this week in egypt's capital, cairo, a huge sprawling city and home to more than 20 million people. but the traffic here in cairo is just another level. cars everywhere, and the sounds from the horns beeping, it's just nuts. as we reach giza on the outskirts of the city, we get a glimpse of the archaeological wonders that have fascinated visitors for centuries. wow! oh, man, is that them? i've only ever seen them on tv. we're still quite far away from them, but, actually,

danny savage, bbc news, newcastle. entitled to settle in the uk. sajid javid said some relatives of gurkhas and afghan nationals employed by the uk government were among around 400 people affected in recent years. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. andrew tran, six years old and learning to read was born in britain and used to have a british passport but the home office would not renew it after his british father who is estranged from his vietnamese mother refused to take a dna test. he has been left stateless. translation: i do not know what will happen in the future. no country and no nationality, you do not know you belong to. it is really upsetting me. it is so confusing. it has now emerge that hundreds of letters like this were sent out in the last three years, requiring immigrants to take dna tests to prove who their father is. a statement, home secretary. in the house of commons, the home secretary apologised for those demands which the home office had no legal right to make. no one should h

danny savage reports. from scaffolding on top of a van which they chained themselves to. the fracking may have started again, but the protests haven't stopped. we have to stop using fossil fuels, and we need to stop now. i'm an old granny, right? but i have to be here because it's going to affect our grandchildren, and we have to stop it. pamela sloan taught geography locally for more than a0 years, and has spent many days here. kids in lancashire are now adults, and they know that global warming, climate change, is real, and this is part of it, and we've got to keep these fossil fuels in the ground. within this site, deep underground, drilling and pumping for gas is now under way. fracking here involves drilling first vertically, then for the first time in the uk, horizontally. water, sand and chemicals are pumped at high pressure into shale rock, which has gas trapped inside it. when the rock fractures, gas is released and brought to the surface. objectors don't like the method. they worry it's not safe

our correspondent danny savage was there.traordinary, huge mechanical dog went down a storm. operated by a team of nearly 20 artists, the giants here are becoming the stuff of legend. hound and master woke up in the centre of liverpool this morning before setting out. there are huge and they have all these mechanical bits. and the design of the vehicles that drove them is amazing. the dog, whose name is xolo, had a great time, climbing on a bus shelter and stopping to be a pampered pooch. what was it like to manicure a giant dog? very difficult! but we did our best and it was excellent. it was a wonderful experience. we're so happy that they've come to liverpool and included us. there's also a third giant, washed up on the shore of the wirral. the operators, known as lilliputians, from the land of tiny people, are mainly french. but some locals are involved, too. so i'm controlling the rope, which is attached to the giant's right hand. so helping him to walk in the most natural way possible. it's quite a physically demanding

from leeds crown court, danny savage reports. can reveal today is that there have been a series of trials taking place here at leeds crown court. they haven't been able to be reported publicly because of reporting restrictions. a number of men were accused of child sexual exploitation, a gang of asian men from west yorkshire, and south yorkshire, were accused of grooming underage girls between 2007 and 2011. before the trial started, three in all, reporting restrictions were put in place so that no details could be reported. in the last few minutes the judge has lifted the restrictions, and basically we can now say that 20 men have been convicted of very serious charges of child sexual exploitation, which the judge described as wicked and violent when he sentenced them. 16 have been jailed and four more will be sentenced next week. this was about the systematic abuse of a number of underage girls in this part of the country, vulnerable girls, who were threatened, plied with drugs and alcohol, befriended by the man, and then sexua

from leeds crown court, danny savage reports.us station, the car park of a diy store in huddersfield, a lonely moorland, just a few of the places where vulnerable children were groomed and sexually abused by men of mainly pakistani heritage. so many men were involved that three trials were needed. a judge has now ruled the 20 were convicted can now be publicly identified. one of them was mohammed ibrah, nicknamed bully. a huge man who used his physical presence to intimidate. one of his victims was thrown out of his car when she refused to give in to his depraved demands. he kept punching me and punching me, it felt like my nose was broken. they kicked me and i got out of the car and started running. ijumped over the fence and started running down the moors. i then ran back up and saw them drive off. i had tojump in front of a car covered in blood at 4am in the morning to get a lift back to huddersfield. the ringleader, amere singh dhaliwal, was jailed for life and told he must serve a minimum of 18 years. the judge said his trea

danny savage, bbc news, liverpool. stunning images, aren't they?etty. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. it's been one week since the indonesian island of sulawesi was hit by a devastating earthquake. officials say more than 1,000 people could still be missing beneath the rubble. so far, around 1500 people are known to have died in the disaster. hundreds of buildings were destroyed after the island was hit by a wall of water. search and rescue efforts have been extended into next week. president trump's controversial supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh, is almost certain to be appointed later today after weeks of protests and controversy over sexual assault allegations. last night two wavering senators decided to support the nomination, saying the accusations, which judge kavanaugh denies, had not been sufficiently proven. the outcome of his appointment could shape important decisions in the us for decades to come. the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, has suggested there's been fresh m

our reporter danny savage sent this update.sters have described this as green gb week, and is interested in having a zero carbon emissions economy in yea rs zero carbon emissions economy in years to come, but that has happened on the same time as a new pioneering way of extracting fossil fuel is being developed in lancashire. the counterargument to that is that the gas company says that there is huge demand for natural gas, and there will be demand for decades to come. the protesters here today who have been blocking the gate behind me until moments ago, say that fracking even lancashire is sending out the wrong message. —— here in lancashire. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is: a joint investigation by bbc panorama and bbc arabic has found that at least 106 chemical attacks have taken place in syria in the past five years. these attacks appear to have been crucial to president assad's almost complete victory in the conflict over the rebels. flash floods in the south of france have killed at le

danny savage reports. the fracking may have started again, but the protest haven't stopped.randchildren. we had to stop it. pamela sloan taught geography locally for more than a0 years and has spent many days here. kids at lancashire are adults and they know that global warming, climate change is real, and this is part of it. we have got to keep this fossil fuels in the ground. within this site deep underground, drilling and pumping gas is now under way. fracking involves drilling first deadly then for the first time in the uk horizontally to stop water, sand and chemicals are pumped at high pressure into shale rock which has gas trapped inside it. when it fractures, gas is released and brought the service. 0bjectors do not like the method, worrying it is not like the method, worrying it is not safe green. the company and paul says it is important for our future energy needs. growth in renewables has been welcomed, but it has been confined to the electricity and we still use pretty much gas for all of oui’ still use pretty much gas for all of our heating, she want to teach o

our correspondent danny savage is at the site in lancashire.ty that has been there today and what people are saying? the protests have been going on throughout the day. the do not seem to be deterred that fracking has gotten up to way again here. you can see the fracking tower in the distance behind me. the company said they stopped this afternoon at about quarter past four. any gas extracted will be tested and it will be seen if it is commercially viable and then cuadrilla will have to get licenses to continue. you can say a line of police here. you can see protesters sitting across the main gateway. they show no sign of moving at the minute. it is interesting that government ministers have declared this as green gb week. we had an announcement this morning that britain was making tentative enquiries about reducing our carbon levels. yet here we see another step forward in extracting and other fossil fuel. the company here say that there is a huge demand for natural gas. there is a huge demand for it. they concede a business case for it. they

danny savage has been following developments.r shale gas, they are in the exploratory phase at the moment, which only began a couple of weeks ago, it is expected to last three months, that. for at least 18 hours. the company says they do think they will start again tomorrow morning. a temporary stop, but it plays into what protesters have been saying for some time and for many yea rs saying for some time and for many years that they fear this is what would happen. the company say it is because they have put these sensitive centres there, which measure any movement below the surface and they are basically going by the rules. if there is a tremor ofa by the rules. if there is a tremor of a certain level, they stop, others are registered, so they are doing it right, but they still will be pressing on with that work. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: sir philip green says he "categorica in the past few minutes the us justice department has said that it has a person in custody in connection with the discovery of

the try coming as the home side capitalised on tom savage timeout. dannyreturned with the stars led to cipriani's dismissal. you showed is directly on the face. i have no option. with the man advantage, munster blasted their way to a try bonus point. secured in the 56th minute. a spark ignited in gloucester, two tries in six minutes was followed by this by ben morgan. but with just a minute left, the coveted fourth try eluded them. munster march onto the top of pool 2 to an gloucester leave with nothing to show but their fighting spirit. it much tighter affair at the ricoh arena. it was a much tighter affair at the ricoh arena, where one of england's newest recruits got the scoring underway. joe cokanasiga just managing to ground the ball and get bath off the mark against wasps. point lead was cut dramatically after the break. this try by thomas young was converted to seal the draw as both teams left with a try bonus point. in scotland, edinburgh thrashed toulon by a0 points to 1a. bring in four tries against the three—time european champions. christine in

my kelly strike coming as the hose capitalised on tom savage timing. dannyench warrant for him. no sooner had the second returned with the stars led to cipriani's dismissal. you showed it directly on the face. i have no option. —— your shoulder is directly. with the man advantage, monster blasted their way to a try bonus point. secured by the 56 minute. a spark ignited in gloucester, two tries in six minutes was followed by this by ben morgan. but with just a minute left, the coveted fourth try eluded them. munster marsa onto the top 0pel to an gloucester leave with nothing to show but their fighting spirit. it was a much tighter affair at the ricoh arena, where one of england's newest recruits got the scoring underway. joe cokanasiga just managing to ground the ball and get bath off the mark against wasps. the visitors looked to be running away with it by the break — semesa rokodugkuni's intercept try helping them to a 1a point lead as he crossed for bath's third in opening half hour. but wasps then went on the charge scoring three tries of their own before

our correspodent danny savage gave us the latest.tation, a gang of asian men from west yorkshire, and south yorkshire, were accused of grooming underage girls between 2007 and 2011. before the trial started, three in all, reporting restrictions were put in place so that no details could be reported. in the last few minutes the judge has lifted the restrictions, and basically we can now say that 20 men have been convicted of very serious charges of child sexual exploitation, which the judge described as wicked and violent when he sentenced them. 16 have been jailed and four more will be sentenced next week. this was about the systematic abuse of a number of underage girls in this part of the country, vulnerable girls, who were threatened, plied with drugs and alcohol, befriended by the man, and then sexually exploited. one thing that came out of the trials which have taken place is that the girls would sometimes be taken on the above huddersfield and huddersfield and bradford, and threatened to be left there late at night if they didn