our correspondent duncan kennedy reports.gosport have waited 30 years for a nswe i’s. today, at a special meeting, police told them there would now be a criminal investigation. the daughters of stanley carby, who was one of hundreds to die in the gosport war memorial hospital, say the new inquiry must find truth where three previous ones failed. we want justice for the relatives and for the families that's been fighting. we're all getting older and, you know, it's been 20 years. so, for us, anyway, with dad. last year's independent inquiry found that more than 450 people died at the hospital because they were probably given strong painkillers for no medical reason. police say families who spoke to that inquiry would now be at the centre of their investigation. they want answers. i want to try and give them the answers, but i can't promise that i'm going to give them the outcome that they want. the police also say that they are looking at a full range of charges, including murder. but they say it all depends on whether they ca

duncan kennedy, bbc news.ime minister, narendra modi, has won a second five—year term, in a landslide election victory. the contest had seen his hindu bjp party set against a broadly secular opposition, in a vote widely seen as a referendum on mr modi's nationalist policies. in all, some 900 million voters were eligible to take part, making it the largest election the world has ever seen. there were1 million polling stations, with rules that no—one would have to travel more than two kilometres to vote. and the polling process lasted a total of 39 days. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan is live in delhi with the latest tonight. tonight, huw, narendra modi is preparing to serve another five yea rs preparing to serve another five years in the parliament building behind me. he's been delivered on historic mandate. it's the first time in nearly half a century that a single party has won back to back majorities here. india has a parliamentary system, but in many ways this election felt presidential an

duncan kennedy has more.e worst cases to come out of the football abuse scandal, which first broke in 2016. you're right, bob higgins worked as a youth team coach for southampton football club and peterborough united, as well as other clubs. he was a trusted member of staff, but today, he was found guilty of 45 counts of sexual abuse involving 23 boys. i should warn viewers, some people may find the details in this report upsetting. bob higgins was a youth coach who guided the lives and nurtured the dreams of generations of young footballers. but he was also a sexual manipulator who abused dozens of boys from the 1970s to the 1990s. he was head of youth development at southampton football club and brought on future england stars like matt le tissier and alan shearer, although there's no suggestion either man was abused by higgins. my life's been chaos, really. billy seymour was one of higgins' victims. he waived his right to anonymity. he was among a party of boys who went with higgins on coaching trips like

duncan kennedy is at bournemouth crown court for us this evening. duncan.s is one of the worst cases to come out of the football abuse scandal, which first broke in 2016. you are right, bob higgins worked as a youth team coach for southampton football clu b a youth team coach for southampton football club and peterborough united, as well as other clubs. he was a trusted member of staff but today he was found guilty of 45 cou nts today he was found guilty of 45 counts of sexual abuse involving 23 boys. i should warn viewers, some people may find the details in this report upsetting. bob higgins was a youth coach who guided the lives and nurtured the dreams of generations of young footballers. but he was also a sexual manipulator, who abused dozens of boys from the 1970s to the 1990s. he was head of youth development at southampton football club and brought on future england stars like matt le tissier and alan shearer, although there is no suggestion either man was abused by bob higgins. er, my life's been chaos, really. billy seymour was one of higgins‘ vict

duncan kennedy, bbc news. a special programme on the trial that led to bob higgins's conviction after decades of abuse at 9.30pm tomorrow on the bbc news channel — and also on the bbc iplayer now. the indian prime minister, narendra modi, has won a second 5—year term in a landslide election victory. the contest had seen his hindu bjp party set against a broadly secular opposition. the vote was widely seen as a referendum on mr modi's nationalist policies. in all, some 900 million voters were eligible to take part, making it the largest election the world has ever seen. there were1 million polling stations, with rules that no—one would have to travel more than 2 kilometres to vote. and the polling process lasted a total of 39 days. 0ur south asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan has the latest. narendra modi, india's strongman, has retained his grip on power. back for a second term, the boy who sold tea has grown into one of the world's most powerful men. translation: the people have won. i dedicate this vict

duncan kennedy, bbc news, in berkshire.th me is our assistant political editor norman smith. two questions i suppose that are inexorably linked. what next for the conservative party and what next for the country? for the conservative party, obviously they enter a sort of wacky races style leadership contest with around a dozen different candidates, everyone it seems but mutley! for the country, in some ways nothing much has changed. we still have a deadlocked parliament, the parliamentary arithmetic has not changed, still the same old arguments, the same site on the opposite side of the table their withdrawal agreement. the hope has to be that a new leader can inject new momentum, new ideas, new direction to a sort of break the logjam. if not, and the odds are stacked against the new leader, then we are heading towards 0ctober stacked against the new leader, then we are heading towards october 31 and there are basicallyjust two avenues. 0ne and there are basicallyjust two avenues. one is we get them without having resolved

duncan kennedy, bbc news, in winchester.ts of the north of england and the midlands. the party lost its majority on wirral council, losing three seats to the conservatives and the greens. from there, judith moritz reports. labour's control of the wirral was only hanging by a thread before last night it had a majority ofjust one seat. so wins here for other parties we re seat. so wins here for other parties were enough to push the left out of power and the council into no overall control. i think what we've seen tonight in many other wards as there is a disillusionment, u nfortu nately, there is a disillusionment, unfortunately, with the established parties, particularly in the light of what's going on nationally with brexit and the smaller parties, the protest parties, the greens, etc, have benefited from that. it was the greens who against the most, snatching two seats from labour. it's a tipping point for the green party, certainly in the wirral and many parts of the country, where people are seeing what it's like to have

the mp for the berkshire market town of maidenhead for more than two decades. 0ur correspondent duncan kennedy resignation announcement, and their views on the extraordinary difficulties she faced in office. from brexit to berkshire. the prime minister headed from downing street to home to

our correspondent duncan kennedy has been hearing what her constituents thought of her resignation announcementrom brexit to berkshire. in nearby maidenhead, we broke the news to her constituents. theresa may has just announced she is resigning, leaving on june the 7th. i am gutted, actually. lovely lady. ijust think very harsh for her. she was never going to do it, they were all against her. i thought it was very hard. she is a darn good constituency mp. i will be sad to see hergo, very sad. with a majority of more than 26,000, mrs may's supporters could not get enough of her popular constituency mp, but the one goal of brexit eluded her. it should have all been sorted out now, this brexit business. she is putting people under a lot of pressure, notjust the people, everyone all over the world. she should have resigned ages ago. theresa may's vision of leaving the eu was repeatedly blurred by her party and opposition resistance, but those who know her well say she was given an impossible task. it is a huge change. we have been in europe for 40 years. labour didn't want to go in, now they don't

our correspondent duncan kennedy is in bournemouth with the latest.s is one of the worst cases of abuse to come out of that football scandal that first arose in 2016. bob higgins worked for many years at clu bs bob higgins worked for many years at clubs like southampton football club and also peterborough united as well as other clubs, here and abroad. today he was found guilty after an eight—week trial of 45 counts of indecent assault against 23 young men, many of whom hugged each other, and burst into tears, as the guilty verdicts were read out. his abuse lasted in total 25 years. bob higgins was a youth coach who guided the lives and nurtured the dreams of generations of young footballers. but he was also a sexual manipulator who abused dozens of boys from the 1970s to the 1990s. he was head of youth development at southampton football club and brought on future england stars like matt le tissier and alan shearer, although neither of these men were involved in the higgins trial. my life's been chaos, really. billy seymour says he was one of higgins

mp for the berkshire market town of maidenhead for more than two decades — our correspondent duncan kennedyement — and their views on the extraordinary difficulties she faced in office. from brexit to berkshire, the prime minister headed from downing street to home to contemplate her career. in maiden head we broke the news to her constituents. traichl theresa may has announced she is resigning. i'm gutted actually. lovely lady. i think it was harsh for her. she was never going to do it. they were all against her. i thought it was very hard. she is a darn good constituency mp. be sad to see her go. with a majority of more than 26,000, theresa may's supporters couldn't get enough of their mp. but the one goal of brexit eluded her. should have been decided, the brexit business, putting people under pressure, not just the business, putting people under pressure, notjust the people, everyone. all over the world she has put under pressure. she should have resigned ages ago. her vision of leaving the eu was blurred by party and opposition resistance. but those who know her well here say she had b

let's cross live to bournemouth crown court and our correspondent, duncan kennedy.t southampton football cloud and peterborough united and various other clouds for years and years. during that time, he abuse dozens of people. in the past few minutes, he has just been convicted of 45 counts of indecent assault against a many victims. they were young boys at the time but are now middle age, many we re time but are now middle age, many were in court to hear bob higgins to be sentenced. some of the cases go back to 1971 and lasted some 25 yea rs. back to 1971 and lasted some 25 years. bob higgins was a youth coach who guided the lies and nature due dreams of generations of young footballers. —— lives. but he was also a sexual many polluters who abuse dozens of boys. he was head of youth development at southampton football clu b youth development at southampton football club and brought on future england stars, like alan shearer, although neither of these men were involved in the trial. billy seymour says he was one of higgins victims, he waived his right to anonymity. h