the intervention by sir david norgrove followed the foreign secretary reasserting that the uk stood tortion of his article, and asked him to withdraw it. a third day of protests has turned violent in the american city of st louis, following the acquittal of a white former police officer who killed a black man, anthony lamar smith, in 2011. police broke up the demonstration when some protesters began throwing objects at officers and breaking shop windows. several people have been arrested. some of the caribbean islands recently devastated by hurricane irma are preparing themselves for a possible second major storm. tropical storm maria has been upgraded to a category 0ne hurricane force. it is currently following roughly the same path as irma, and is expected to strengthen over the next 48 hours. children with malignant brain cancer could receive more targeted treatment, with fewer side effects. it comes after scientists identified seven different forms of the most common type of the disease. the researchers at newcastle and northumbria universities hope that in the long—term their work

the chairman of the uk statistics authority, sir david norgrove, is refusing to withdraw his criticismclear misuse of official figures. sir david intervened after boris johnson — in a newspaper article — revived the controversial claim that the uk stood to regain control of around 350—million pounds a week after brexit. it's understood mrjohnson stands by the figure , and has told the prime minister she must get the whole sum back. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo reports. the most eye—catching claim from the referendum campaign, since widely discredited but this weekend, boris johnson. he said that brexit would mean retrieving that amount from the eua mean retrieving that amount from the eu a week, and arguing it would be a fine thing if it was spent on the nhs. it led to the uk's most senior statistics official, sir david norgrove, saying he to —— surprised and disappointed that he decided to revisit the figure, saying it was a misuse of figures. sauber —— boris johnson hit back saying it was distorted. are we helping to clarify the big debates of the day? it isn't oui’ the b

the intervention by sir david norgrove followed the foreign secretary reasserting in an article that er leaving the eu. mrjohnson has accused sir david of the "wilful distortion" of his article and asked him "to withdraw it." an investigation for this programme has found that animal welfare is being neglected on long journeys across europe amid a booming livestock trade. it's been discovered livestock hauliers have been routinely breaking eu laws for the protection of animals in transit. animal rights groups are calling for a ban on journeys of more than eight hours. there's been a big increase in the number of prosecutions for the online sexual grooming of children using evidence supplied by so—called paedophile hunters. in 2014, 11 percent of cases featured material gathered by the groups — by last year that figure had risen to 44 per cent. jon cuthill has this report. the police say paedophile hunters are vigilantes. they pose as children online, film their meetings with people who groom them, and post their videos on social media. you've arranged to meet a 14—year—old boy here tod

it led to the uk's most senior statistics official, sir david norgrove, saying he was surprised and disappointed had chosen to revisit the number, warning it was a clear misuse of figures. boris johnson hit back, saying his article had been wilfully distorted and misrepresented. as statisticians the test that we must set ourselves, are we clarifying the big debates of the day? it is not ourjob as the statistical community to tell you what the answer is. but the british public have a right to know what the real numbers are and put them into context. that is what the statistics authority was try to do on this occasion. so what does the argument over the figure centre around? borisjohnson and other leave campaigners claimed that in august 201a the uk gave £350 million a week to the eu. the uk's gross contribution was actually £361 million, but crucially the rebate is removed before any money sent to brussels. so, the amount sent to the eu in 201a was £276 million a week, after the rebate. brexiteers insist there will be huge sums to reclaim after we leave. everyone knows it is an awful lot of money

it led to the uk's most senior statistics official, sir david norgrove, saying he was surprised and disappointedumber, warning it was a clear misuse of figures. boris johnson hit back, saying his article had been wilfully distorted and misrepresented. as statisticians the test that we must set ourselves, are we helping to clarify the big debates of the day? it is not ourjob as the statistical community to tell you what the answer is. but the british public have a right to know what the real numbers are, and to put them into context. i think that is what the statistics authority was try to authority was trying to do on this occasion. so what does the argument over the figure centre around? borisjohnson and other leave campaigners claimed that in august 2014 the uk gave £350 million a week to the eu. the uk's gross contribution was actually £361 million, but crucially the rebate is removed before any money sent to brussels. so the amount sent to the eu in 2014 was £276 million a week, after the rebate. brexiteers insist there will be huge sums to reclaim after we leave. everybody knows it is an aw