we'll be talking to debbie douglas, one of paterson's victims.lso on the bbc news at 5: police say they have foiled an active terrorist plot, after a woman was shot during a raid in north—west london. britain's economic growth slowed sharply in the first three months of the year — growing byjust 0.3%. the us secretary of state tells the un the policy of strategic patience with north korea is over — he says all options are on the table. diplomatic and financial leveraged willie backed up by a willingness to cou ntera ct willie backed up by a willingness to counteract north korean aggression with military action. and, an unlikely group of misfits are back together in the outer reaches of the universe. find out what jason solomons made of guardians of the galaxy volume 2, and the rest of the week's cinema releases, in the film review. it's five o'clock. our main story: a breast surgeon has been convicted of 17 counts of wounding with intent, and three of unlawful wounding, after carrying out a series of unnecessary operations. nottingham crown court

we heard from one patient, debbie douglas, who thought about the suffering she had.son has not yet been sentenced but we do have a background on all of this. ian paterson was 59 years old. found guilty of 20 charges in total, relating to nine women and one man. dominic hughes reports. surgeon ian paterson. well—liked and trusted by patients facing the frightening prospect of breast cancer — but for some of them it was an entirely false diagnosis. one such patient is frances perks, who underwent a series of operations and a mastectomy, all of them unnecessary. how can somebody do that? and say things that he did, knowing that you didn't need these operations. how can anybody in their right mind, how can they do that to people? ijust find it unbelievable and how he's made us all suffer and people who have lost their lives. how could...? that's pure evil to me. pure evil. during the trial, the jury heard a succession of patients describe a pattern of behaviour. how ian paterson told them that they were at risk of cancer, had precancerous cells and needed to have lumps o

we'll be talking to debbie douglas, one of paterson's victims.the year — growing byjust 0.3%.

debbie douglas and caroline marsh from west midlands police speaking earlier today.ational statistics show that gdp grew by 0.3%, down from 0.7% in the last three months of 2016. economists had been expecting a slowdown, but not by as much. rising prices and the weakness of the pound have meant consumers are tightening their belts more than was predicted. joining me from our cambridge studio is professorjagjit chadha, who is the director of the national institute of economic and social research. thank you very much forjoining us this evening. why have economists been caught up in this way. they we re been caught up in this way. they were not expecting this. the news on the economy is disappointing, but not devastating. we expected gdp to grow in the first quarter of this year by around 1.5%. .3% is a little bit lower, but it is not far outside the margin of terror. this is a preliminary estimate. this is a key weeks after the end of the quarter. the ons constructed as did with only around 44% of the final amount of information we will have in a couple of years. it is