why won‘t david duckenfield be in court today? case. who are the other five men? they include graham mackrell, who was the safety officer and secretary of sheffield wednesday football club at the time of the disaster. he is facing allegations that he breached health and safety legislation. he and david duckenfield are the only two men letting charges relating to the disaster itself. then as you said there are three men, two former police officers and a retired lawyer facing charges of perverting the course of justice. fifth facing charges of perverting the course ofjustice. fifth man we are expecting in the court today is sir norman bettison, a former chief co nsta ble. norman bettison, a former chief constable. he ran both the merseyside and west yorkshire police forces and he‘s facing allegations of misconduct in a public office. it is expected to be relatively short hearing this afternoon, but nevertheless a significant step as these cases progress 28 years after these cases progress 28 years after the disaster itself. thanks.

the match commander, david duckenfield, faces the most serious charges, 95 counts of gross negligence't have to appear in court today because prosecutors must apply to lift an existing court order before procedure can begin. the men were all released on bail and they will appear at preston crown court next month. the government says the number of tip—offs made by the public to the anti—terrorism scheme prevent has doubled in the last four months since the manchester and london terror attacks. time now for all the sports news in sport today. hello. i am tulsen tollett, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: women's 0lympic 400—metre champion, shaunae miller—uibo, goes from gold to nothing in the space of 20 metres, as phyllis francis claims the world title. isaac makwala runs by himself, but he's through to the men's 200m final after the iaaf allow him to compete. and kay wilson scores four tries as england get their defence of the women's rugby world cup off to a flying start. hello, and welcome to the programme. we start with news from d

yes, david duckenfield was the former chief superintendent.nd children received fatal injuries and children received fatal injuries and died. he is not here because of legal reasons, but he faces by far and away the most serious charges. he is charged with 95 counts of manslaughter by gross negligence. the reason he faces those, not 96, is final victim of the hillsborough disaster, tony flood, he actually died four years after 1989, and so for legal reasons the crown prosecution service say david duckenfield cannot be charged with his death. with its rugged mountains and pristine lochs, it's no surprise that the isle of skye attracts large numbers of tourists. but the island has now become so popular that its services are being stretched to the limit — and police scotland is warning visitors to plan ahead, and make sure they've booked somewhere to stay arriving. our scotland correspondent james shaw reports. skye has a unique and stunning combination of rivers, mountains, and sea loughs. but now under it's under increasing pressure from drive—

david duckenfield faces the most serious charges, 95 counts of gross negligence and manslaughter.ourt today because prosecutors must apply to lift an existing court order. the men were all released on bail and they will appear at preston crown court next month. the family of an 83—year—old man who was stabbed to death while walking his dogs have described him as "a lovely, gentle husband, dad and grandfather". peter wrighton was stabbed in the head and neck, while out in woodland on saturday morning in east harland in norfolk. police are still looking for his attacker, as alex dunlop reports. images of peter wrighton, released by police, give an impression of a gentle man, said to have a kind nature. he fostered abandoned dogs and was walking two of them at the wood near east harling where he was murdered. the 83—year—old grandfather lived in a remote cottage just outside the village of banham. a former british telecoms employee who retired to the area 30 years ago. phil knew peter and accepted food parcels from him for the local church. i knew he was a very gentle man, very quiet

the match commander, former chief superintendent david duckenfield, faces the most serious charges, 95dn't have to appear in court today as before proceedings against him can begin prosecutors must apply to lift an existing court order. the mep were all released on bail. they will appear at preston crown court next month. judith moritz, bbc news, warrington. a brief look at some of the day's other news stories. the number of tip—offs made by the public to the government's anti—terrorism scheme, prevent, has doubled in the last four months, around the time of the manchester and london terror attacks. police received some 200 referrals between april and july, compared to about 100 in the four months before. figures released by the european commission, after a court battle, show that its 28 commissioners spent almost half a million euros on official travel in the first two months of last year. european commission presidentjean claude juncker spent more than £22,000 on a private plane to take nine people to rome. the commission said the spending was within the eu's rules. the family of an

they will next appear before preston crown court alongside david duckenfield next month.so popular that it services are being stretched to the limit and billy scotland is wa nt to the limit and billy scotland is want visitors to plan ahead. skye has a unique and stunning combination of rivers, mountains, and sea loughs. but now under it's under increasing pressure from drive—through tourism. some of skye's most stunning locations are victims of their own success. suffering increasing road and path erosion, but still visitors are drawn to them. what do you think of what you've seen so far? it's beautiful. i mean, just the landscape, the colours are beautiful. something you don't see anywhere else. i didn't imagine it was so many people, but yeah, i think we were quite surprised by that. but you know, you have the vast landscape and you know, you just walk and you have your space. so, yeah. not so much space on skye's single—track roads. incidents like this are surprisingly common. and more people are coming to skye because they've seen it on film. the problem at the moment

david duckenfield faces the most serious charges, 95 counts of gross negligence and manslaughter.t order. the men were all released on bail and they will appear at preston crown court next month. more now on our top story — the conviction of 18 people, most of them from asian backgrounds, over the sexual exploitation of vulnerable young girls and women in newcastle. the victims were plied with drugs and alcohol before being forced to have sex. now it's emerged that in catching the criminals, the police paid a convicted child rapist 10—thousand pounds to serve as an informant. earlier the head of northumbria police spoke to jane hill on the bbc news at five. she started by asking him whether it was necessary to pay a convicted child rapist 10—thousand pounds — or whether he might have done it for free. that would be difficult for me to give a precise answer in terms of that informant. as a general sensible i would expect all hunters to explore that as an avenue and will be finding policing is people give us information for a range of motives. some financial, sometimes with organise