duncan kennedy reports. hidden beneath the wooded hills of wiltshire, even today, the bunker remains

duncan kennedy there.at at least 11 people have been convicted in one of the largest modern slavery trials in british legal history. members of that rooney family from lincoln ran a company called lincolnshire driveway specialising in tarmac in and block paving. their workforce were vulnerable slaves, picked up from the streets, some of whom were alcoholics, homeless or suffering learning difficulties. patrick rooney, seen posing for pictures with staff at the family business, lincolnshire driveway. it looks professional, offering tarmac in and block paving, but some of the workers were slaves, kept in appalling conditions and paid little oi’ appalling conditions and paid little or nothing. the court heard how they we re or nothing. the court heard how they were approached on the streets by defendants and offered work. one homeless victim, who was picked up in hull said he thought he would be awake for seven days. he lived on the rooney's land in a caravan for seven years. referencejeremy collymore worked

duncan kennedy reports.today, the bunker remains a secretive, subterranean world. its old antenna and air vents the only sign of its existence. but five metres below ground this cold war sanctuary was transformed into a cannabis factory. this was where 4000 cannabis plants were found, spread over two floors. the men behind it were martin fillery, plamen nguyen, and ross winter, who were jailed today, for admitting conspiracy to produce the drug. police say using the nuclear bunker, once owned by the ministry of defence, meant the gang could exploit its secrecy and security. this was a highly organised operation, and of course the nuclear bunker provided that level of security and covertness to avoid detection. this was the bunker as it was. a secret headquarters for regional government in the event of a nuclear war. 150 officials could survive here for a month. this was the canteen then... ..and when the police arrived. they found everything from a big—screen tv, to a fish tank. and all with the home comfort

duncan kennedy reports.ltshire, even today, the bunker remains a secretive, subterranean world. its old antenna and air vents the only sign of its existence. but five metres below ground, this cold war sanctuary was transformed into a cannabis factory. this was where 4,000 cannabis plants were found, spread over two floors. the men behind it were martin fillery, plamen nguyen and ross winter, who were jailed today for admitting conspiracy to produce the drug. police say using the nuclear bunker, once owned by the ministry of defence, meant the gang could exploit its secrecy, and security. this was a highly organised operation, and of course, the nuclear bunker provided that level of security, and covertness to avoid detection. this was the bunker as it was, a secret headquarters for regional government in the event of a nuclear war. 150 officials could survive here for up to a month. this was the canteen then... ..and when the police arrived. they found everything from a big—screen tv, to a fish tank. and al

the men were jailed for between five and eight years, as duncan kennedy reports.day, the bunker remains a secretive, subterranean world. its old antenna and air vents the only sign of its existence. but five metres below ground this cold war sanctuary was transformed into a cannabis factory. this was where 4000 cannabis plants were found, spread over two floors. the men behind it were martin fillery, plamen nguyen, and ross winter, who were jailed today, for admitting conspiracy to produce the drug. police say using the nuclear bunker, once owned by the ministry of defence, meant the gang could exploit its secrecy and security. this was a highly organised operation, and of course the nuclear bunker provided that level of security and covertness to avoid detection. this was the bunker as it was. a secret headquarters for regional government in the event of a nuclear war. 150 officials could survive here for a month. this was the canteen then... ..and when the police arrived. they found everything from a big—screen tv, to a fish tank. and all with the home comforts

duncan kennedy, bbc news.nto their champions league qualifier against hoffenheim. the germans were playing their first—ever european tie but missed an early penalty to take the lead. they were made to pay for that error with first trent alexander—arnold and then james milner scoring for the visitors. and despite hoffenheim scoring a late goal, the liverpool manager was satisfied with his teams efforts. if somebody would have told me we would win tonight, i would have taken any result, or even an 8—7. so iam happy taken any result, or even an 8—7. so i am happy with the result. yes. i not only happy with is because they scored, but i think they deserve to go ahead in the 90 minutes, with all the effort they put. so there's confirmation of liverpool's victory while elsewhere cska moscow, qarabag and apoel nicosia won with sporting lisbon and steaua bucharest playing out a goalless draw in portugal. there are more qualifiers on wednesday evening. full details are on bbc.com/football. maria sharapova is set to pla

duncan kennedy, bbc news, at chilmark, in wiltshire. with winds frequently changing direction, complicating firefighters' attempts to get them under control. authorities are warning of further blazes, ahead of a weekend of warm temperatures. laura westbrook reports. again and again, planes in portugal drop their loads, to try and bring these wildfires under control. 0n the ground, firefighters are once again battling the smoke and flames, as a new spate of fires has taken hold. they say winds frequently changing direction were complicating their attempts. in this village, residents grabbed garden hoses and buckets of water, to try and help exhausted firefighters. but many could only watch as their houses burned. with arsonists believed to be the cause of some of the fires, people are angry. translation: and what happens with the arsonists when we catch them? we take them to court, and then they are released. rather, we need to make them work in 40—degree heat. that is what they deserve. these latest blazes come after more than 60 people

duncan kennedy, bbc news, in portsmouth harbour.elping victims of the manchester bombing — has been charged in connection with the theft of a bank card in the arena that night. chris parker — who's 33 and of no fixed abode — ran towards the scene of the attack. he has pleaded not guilty. he was remanded in custody and will appear next month. a hospital trust being investigated over the deaths of babies has been criticised for failing to learn the lessons of past mistakes. there were at least seven avoidable deaths of newborn babies at shrewsbury and telford hospital, between 2014 and 16. the trust claims it's made improvements, but the nhs standards watchdog, the care quality commission, says there are deficiencies in maternity services. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. come on, then. i'm coming to get you! for years, richard stanton and rhiannon davies have been campaigning for safe maternity services following the avoidable death of their first daughter, kate, just hours after she was born. go on, see if you can do

extraordinary case, duncan kennedy in salisbury.lavrov has said the rhetoric from washington and pyongyang has now gone over the top and he hopes common sense will prevail. the intervention follows president trump stepping up the rhetoric against north korea. he warned that us military options are "locked and loaded", should pyongyang act unwisely. the united states and north korea have been engaged in a war of words for days with pyongyang threatening to fire missiles towards the american island of guam in the pacific. tom burridge reports. as the war of words between america and north korea continues, the us defence secretary this week with his vietnamese counterpart, at a time when security in asia feels more fragile. the man in charge at the pentagon is emphasising the ‘d‘ word. i didn't expect all of you to come out here! you can see the american effort is diplomatically—led, it has diplomatic traction and is gaining diplomatic results, and i want to stay right there right now. the tragedy of war is well—enough known. it doesn'

our correspondent, duncan kennedy, reports.e and subterranean world. its old antenna and air vents are the only sign of its existence. but five metres below ground, this cold war sanctuary was transformed into a cannabis factory. this was where 4,000 cannabis plants were found spread over two floors. the men behind it were martin fillery, plamen nguyen, and ross winter, who were jailed today after admitting conspiracy to produce the drug. police say using the nuclear bunker, once owned by the ministry of defence, meant the gang could exploit its secrecy and security. it showed a degree of sophistication. it was innovative, and highly organised. really an ideal location for these activities. this was the bunker as it was, a secret headquarters for regional government in the event of a nuclear war. 150 officials could survive here for a month. this was the canteen then... and when the police arrived. they found everything from a big—screen tv to a fish tank. and all with the home comforts of an underground world where the underwo

harbour of millions of tons of sediment to make it deep enough for her to get in. 0ur reporter duncan kennedyrbour has never seen anything like it and neither have britain's defence forces. an extraordinary vessel. getting a big cheerfrom the families. all excited to see crew members who have been at sea for the past two months or so, testing out propulsion and absolutely everything on board. they are all lined up on the decks in their various uniforms. something like 670 crew members, not like the old days where he had nearly 1200 staff. it is all computerised, you don't need a catapult system like those former carriers had. thejets will be eventually landing on the deck of this beauty. a short and vertical ta keoff this beauty. a short and vertical takeoff and landing. we will see these f35b aircraft are not coming on board for several more years. they will not be fully functional on this carrier until 2020. or thereabouts. this is the home port of the royal navy, what a sight it is. an extremely important day for the royal navy. a redefinition of what the royal navy does. massive firepower

we can cross to duncan kennedy, who‘s live in portsmouth for us now.unique design, the first tower on the right is where all the aircraft will be operated from, like a control tower, and the one in the distance is where the ship will be navigated from and where the captain, commodore kid, will dry the ship. it has ever been done before that kind of design, but they felt that kind of design, but they felt that the designs were getting so, located they would split it up. one amazing fact, the windscreen wipers on those windows up there are two and a half metres long. to give you and a half metres long. to give you an idea of the scale of this vessel. look down, you can see a ramp there. the whole deck is an equivalent of three football pitches end to end and as somebody put it earlier today, it would take you saying bolton 30 seconds to run this entire deck, to give you an idea of how big it is. -- deck, to give you an idea of how big it is. —— usain bolt. the way the british government sees this is that this is a show of power in an uncertain world. in

we can cross to duncan kennedy, who's live in portsmouth for us now. there she is, behind you. her to the 900 foot long deck, to the ability to travel 10,000 miles around the globe for the also big about her, the cost. as you said £3 billion. prime minister theresa may was on board today to look around for the she said it was worth it because this was about protecting british power and influence around the world for the next 50 years. this carrier does have its critics, who questioned those costs, and also say what role can something this big happy britain on the 21st—century? —— have for britain. ship's horn blows. part ship, part history. this is a vessel and this is a day that redefines britain's naval forces. squeezing into the home port of the royal navy, this is the 65,000 tonne queen elizabeth. eight years to complete, 10,000 people to build. and one enormous milestone in our defence history. for families of the crew the excitement of seeing their loved ones after its two—month sea trials was matched by the novelty of this first homecoming. i think it makes the country fe

duncan kennedy, bbc news, in portsmouth harbour.public of ireland in its new position paper on brexit. donald trump faces criticism from within his own party after once more blaming both sides for violence in charlottesville during which one person was killed. in the business news: unemployment in the uk fell by 57,000 in the three months to june, according to the latest official figures. that brings the jobless rate down to 4.4% — its lowest since 1975. but earnings still aren‘t keeping pace with rising prices. average weekly earnings rose by 2.1% compared with a year earlier, but with inflation rising faster, we‘re still feeling the squeeze on our incomes. shares in admiral sank 7% after the insurer said the rising cost of personal injury claims hit profits. the firm‘s pre—tax profits rose 2% to £193 million in the six months to the end ofjune 2017, as the number of uk insurance customers rose 11%. however, changes to the way payments are made to accident victims, the 0gden rate, meant higher costs. north american trade between th

duncan kennedy told us more from on board. on board, it is the most powerful navy ship ever built. portsmouth dockyard has seen many ships through the years. this one dwa rfs ships through the years. this one dwarfs those. this deck is 11.5 acres, twice size the of the deck of the previous aircraft carriers. we have been below deck to have a bit ofa have been below deck to have a bit of a lift to get an idea what is going on below. it is brand—new. the crew are still getting used it. they have just got from two months of sea trials. we arejoined by have just got from two months of sea trials. we are joined by the captain. thank you very much for joining us. it is an honour to meet you. you are in charge of an historic day and an historic ship for the navy. it is a great day. to be here at portsmouth, the home of the royal navy, it is brilliant. how i perceive child is going? going well. she is the bigger ship we have ever taken into service, and she is a 21st—century ship, so packed full of innovation and technology. we have b

isn't able to deploy planes it is expected to be the navy's flagship for the next 50 years and duncan kennedyis not the carrier. that is hms victory, lord nelson's flagship, dating from 1805 which fought in the battle of trafalgar. i wanted to show it to you as a matter of contrast. this is the old, three and a half thousand tonnes. this is the new. hms queen elizabeth 65,000 tonnes. its length, the length of three football pitches. its height, the height of nelson ‘s column. it isa the height of nelson ‘s column. it is a massive ship on every available level you can imagine. 0n is a massive ship on every available level you can imagine. on board at the moment is the prime minister put up the moment is the prime minister put up she is getting a first tour. it is the first time she has come home here to the home of the royal navy and it is from where she will be based for the next five decades as she patrols the sea. why will she be patrolling the sea? to project british power that meansjets on board, the eft 35 flown by the likes of my guest here, the wing commander. you're undergoing the tra