dominic hughes, bbc news.fter a battle in 1868, are kept as part of a wider collection of about 80 items like the ones who are currently seeing. they have long been calls for the collection to return to ethiopia. in 2019, the country's culture minister asked for exactly that on a visit to the museum. now the uk's information watchdog is investigating over claims the museum has failed to disclose key details of internal discussions about efforts in response to a freedom of information request. i've been speaking to lewis mcnaught from returning heritage, a not—for—profit organisation that collates information on cultural restitution. it submitted the freedom of information request. you told me more about these artefacts. this is not a typical collection of looted artefacts. i know everybody has very strong views for or against the return of artefacts, but these objects can and should be returned. they have never been exhibited. eight of the tablets came in 1868 and have been locked away in a vault in the britis

dominic hughes, bbc news.l of its councillors resigned from the party en masse. the leader of pendle borough council was among 20 councillors to leave, criticising senior officials in the party. hannah is here. one assumes it has been described their biggest mass resignation under keir starmer�*s leadership. the? their biggest mass resignation under keir starmer's leadership.— keir starmer's leadership. they will now set as independents. - keir starmer's leadership. they will now set as independents. several l keir starmer's leadership. they will| now set as independents. several of them had previously been critical of them had previously been critical of the party's stance on gaza. now though they are accusing the party of stifling free speech by controlling anything that any councillor has to say. the bbc has been told that several of those who resigned had been spoken to by the party after concerns were raised about their conduct, including allegations of anti—semitism. if we step back it, it is not the fir

our health correspondent, dominic hughes, has more.r—old charlotte was taking part in a trial of a device that could radically change the way she manages her type i diabetes. this around yourarm... rather than regular fingerprick tests to check her blood glucose and then injecting insulin, charlotte was using what's known as an artificial pancreas. the device continually monitors a person's blood glucose, then automatically adjusts the amount of insulin given to them through a pump. now, thousands more people will be assessed to see if they, too, can use the pumps, something that experts say will be a game changer. for many people with type 1 diabetes, managing their condition means a lot of thinking of before they do a lot of things, such as eating, such as going for a run. but with this technology, a lot of those day—to—day thinking and working out things will be reduced. more than 300,000 people are living with type i diabetes in the uk. the devices will be rolled out to children and young people under 18 with the condition as well

dominic hughes, bbc news.s worst—ever defeat in the country's local elections as a turning point. he acknowledged his ak party had lost ground, and promised not to act against the national will. the main opposition party achieved its biggest victory in nearly half a century, winning in all five of turkey's largest cities, including istanbul. in germany, people over the age of 18 can now grow marijuana plants at home, and carry the drug for personal use, following the government's legalisation of cannabis. the move comes as they try to tackle the black—market trade in the drug. the new law allowing recreational use remains contentious because of health concerns and questions over whether it will help reduce or increase the illicit trade. a burial crypt close to the resting place of marilyn monroe has sold at auction for more than £150,000. the buyer, a us tech investor, says he's always dreamt of being next to the hollywood star. one of the actress's dresses also sold for over £250,000, eight times the asking p

our health correspondent, dominic hughes, has more.rs ago, we reported on how six—year—old charlotte was taking part in a trial of a device that could radically change the way she manages her type one diabetes. this around yourarm... rather than regular fingerprick tests to check her blood glucose and then injecting insulin, charlotte was using what's known as an artificial pancreas. the device continually monitors a person's blood glucose, then automatically adjusts the amount of insulin given to them through a pump. now thousands more people will be assessed to see if they, too, can use the pumps, something that experts say will be a game changer. for many people with type one diabetes, managing their condition means a lot of thinking of before they do a lot of things, such as eating, such as going for a run. but with this technology, a lot of those day—to—day thinking and working out things will be reduced. more than 300,000 people are living with type one diabetes in the uk. the devices will be rolled out to children and young peop

dominic hughes, bbc news.brain, physical recovery is just the first of their problems. depression and other mental disorders are far more likely to develop following head trauma. the results of a small us study suggest taking a widely used antidepressant in the weeks after the injury could actually help prevent severe depression. and now a much larger trial is being held across england, looking into whether those findings can be replicated in a wider group of patients. our health correspondent jim reed has this report this video was three hours before the accident. four years ago, shannon was working on this building site in east london. i don't remember what actually happened to me, but from reports i was hit on the left hand side of my head with the digger. i was told that i was going to die. but i was given a chance, had surgery, and then i was in the coma for three weeks. she needed operations to repair the damage to her body. the full impact, though, was not always visible. it took a real impact on my men

dominic hughes, bbc news. level in 20 years. more than 430,000 offences were logged by forces last year, up more than a third on the year before. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is with me. why the increase? another new record, 37% increase on a single year, what's been called an epidemic of shoplifting by some retailers. what's behind is probably a bit complicated. it might be partly to do with the cost of living crisis, partly to do with under policing, partly to do with self checkouts and the low risk people feel they have of being caught, but one of the major factors seems to be organised criminal element, that drug users and others being persuaded by organised criminals to go in and steal large numbers of low value items which can be sold easily on the black market, things like chocolate bars, baby formula, things like that, and it seems to have been something that's just grown as a trend really quite quickly in a couple of years since the pandemic. what are retailers doing about it? they a

dominic hughes, bbc news.om an unexpected influx of visitors who came there to look at abandoned rubbish. people had come to take their pictures next to a mound of old cars and other waste, after it featured in a video on youtube. but as our wales correspondent tomos morgan reports, they left an unsightly trail behind. hidden in the rural north—west wales, are the braichgoch mine, what is not so hidden inside is the rubbish. these arejust rubbish. these are just two of over 1,000 abandoned mines in wales, many have become hotspots for caerphillies, six years ago braichgoch became social media famous, after a video on youtube called the cavern of lost souls. it showed at the bottom of cave several old abandoned cars. got a lot of cave several old abandoned cars. (eri�*ii a lot of views on youtube and all of a lot of views on youtube and all of a sudden everyone wanted to be there taking a picture of instagram. graffiti on the wall, bin bags used to keep their feet dry and inflatables scattered everywhere, all c

dominic hughes, bbc news.football fans from buying their country's kit with the number 44 on the back. concerns had been raised that it looked similar to the symbol used by nazi ss units in world war ii. adidas denied the resemblance was intentional and said they would block any fan from personalising their shirt with those numbers. the former us president donald trump has posted a $175 million bond in his new york civil fraud case. mr trump, who is standing for the presidency again this year, was found liable in february forfraudulently inflating his net worth by billions of dollars to secure better loan terms — a decision he is appealing. new figures show that shop prices rose last month at their slowest rate in more than two years. the british retail consortium says that lower food costs and increased competition eased inflation to 1.3%. two neighbours who have lived on the same road for more than 30 years have both turned 100 years old on the exact same day. josie church and anne wallace—hadrill, from oxfo

dominic hughes, bbc news.promise to nationalise rail "in five years" is the biggest overhaul of the train industry in a generation. it carries a quote from shadow transport secretary louise haigh, who says: "we'll deliver root—and—branch reforms." we'll bejoined by louise haigh in around half an hour's time. the daily mail is one of several papers which leads with the arrest of a teenage girl on suspicion of attempted murder after three people were injured in a school stabbing in carmarthenshire. the guardian is carrying an image of military horses running loose through central london after being spooked by noise from a building site near buckingham palace yesterday afternoon. an army spokesman told the bbc that five horses ran loose — unseating four soldiers in the process. and one more story to bring you this morning is the passing of the d—day veteran bill gladden from suffolk, who you may recall we met as he celebrated his 100th birthday back injanuary. mr gladden flew into normandy on a glider and survive

in the wheelchair races, especially by marcel hugh, who one his fourth out of four, the silver bullet doing it again. the swiss katherine de bruyne dominated said this would be the most inclusive london marathon winner ever. £44,000 for the winner. it's notjust about the elites, but for these guys �* about the elites, but for these guys — raising money for charity, training for 16—20 weeks. earlier, icaught charity, training for 16—20 weeks. earlier, i caught up with an actor you may well know from ted lasso, phil dunster. he told me an emotional story about his reason for running — because of the tragic death of the son of his cousin. tragically, he was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer, and, ah, passed away a few months after that. i saw his dad along the way, and... ..it�*sjust, yeah — there were a couple of moments there where, um...— a couple of moments there where, um... ~ ., ., ~ where, um... what do you think this means _ where, um... what do you think this means to _ where, um... what do you think this means to his _ where, um... what do you think this means to his family? - where, um... what do you think this means to hi

hughes. we're starting with the night's premier league fotball, and manchester city comfortably beat brighton away to move to within a point of leaders arsenal with a game in hand. in a dominant join liverpool and that "the two clubs are negotiating" while he "awaits the outcome". feyenoord won the eredivisie title under slot last year. here are the thoughts of neil atkinson from the anfield wrap. english football throws up its own set of challenges. the premier league does as of the can be really good into brantley at feyenoord and coming into a good set up at liverpool and coming into what look for the third best team in the country. this is a side who are streets of head of the one that klopp joined streets of head of the one that kloppjoined in streets of head of the one that klopp joined in 2015. join us kloppjoined in 2015. join us on that would go on it's easy to finish eighth and i think it finished sixth or seventh year before and they looked a world away from being able to challenge for the league title. besides, this is a challenge as it have fallen short of a couple of weeks earlier that we would've liked with that team is arne slot as you need to manage from day