harry's mother said she heard emma horseman expressing these words.ing those things. it was claimed at one point she said she could see the gun in her boyfriend's and, at another point she said she had not seen anything, had not heard anything. thejury anything, had not heard anything. the jury has anything, had not heard anything. thejury has sided anything, had not heard anything. the jury has sided with her and found her not guilty of grievous bodily harm. her boyfriend is already in prison and has been convicted previously, after admitting a count of grievous bodily harm. we are waiting for emma horseman herself to leave a free woman, we assume in the next few moments. she showed no emotion as she was cleared in a short time by the jury. we also expecting the family of harry studley to leave here, they were very tearful after the verdict. he was critically injured and it was touch and go for a while. we understood that he is still suffering from the incident that happened that friday afternoon lastjuly. mps are debating the bill which would give t

today we have heard a cross—examination of emma horseman.she had been told, the police, after she had been arrested last year, that she had seen her partner cleaning the gun and aiming the gun, that he had been trying to fire at a curtain. today, she told the court she could not remember seeing him and could not remember seeing him and could not remember seeing him and could not remember what she had seen or heard. the prosecution have put it to her that she is lying and has given two completely different accounts. the defence say that she cannot remember what has happened, she is an honest, good person that was not really involved in this at all, who has not pulled the trigger, who was not responsible for the gun and who there is no evidence, it is said, encouraged her partner to fire it. the jury have said, encouraged her partner to fire it. thejury have heard both accounts. the prosecution and defence are summing up. the jury will be given directions by the judge and we expect them to begin considering their verdict late this afternoon. i

pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm but amy, harry's mother, told the court she had heard emma horseman remember saying that. today emma horseman, seen here with her head covered leaving court, was found not guilty of causing grievous bodily harm by a jury in half an hour. harry's family say he still suffers with head problems since he was shot and the pellet is lodged in his brain. they say although he is making great steps forward, it could be many years before we know the full extent of his injuries. a legal battle over the rights of parents to take their children on holidays in term time has reached the supreme court. fivejudges are hearing an appeal by a council which fined a father, jon platt, for taking his daughter to florida without her school's permission. mr platt challenged his fine in the high court and won. 0ur education correspondent gillian hargreaves reports. jon platt, a dad from the isle of wight fighting his case in the highest court in the united kingdom, over a £120 fine for taking his daughter on holiday to florida. it's a shocking situation that if i lose today,

but amy, harry's mother, told the court that she'd heard emma horseman urge walters to "shoot him in s found not guilty of causing grievous bodily harm, by a jury, in just half—an—hour. harry's family say he still suffers with health problems since he was shot, and that the air pellet is still lodged in his brain. and, although he's making great steps forward, they say it may be years before they know the full extent of his injuries. charlotte callen, bbc points west, bristol crown court. the costa book of the year will be announced later tonight at a ceremony in london. the short list includes a first novel, a memoir, poetry, fiction and a children's book. rebecca jones is in central london for the award ceremony tonight. it is getting pretty lively here. the 300 guests are enjoying their champagne and canapes as they await the announcement of the costa book of the year. what is unique about this prize is that it showcases the whole of contemporary writing. there are categories for the best novel, the best first novel, the best children's book, the best collection of poetry, best bio

emma horseman has been giving her account of what happened.stern ukraine that has cut off power and water to thousands of civilians. eight ukrainian troops have been killed since fighting intensified on sunday — their heaviest losses for more than a month. almost 10,000 people have been killed since fighting began between ukrainian soldiers and rebels seeking independence, in april 2014. the prince of wales has warned the world is in danger of "forgetting the lessons of the past". he made the comments at a fundraiser for the world jewish relief charity, in what‘s been seen as a thinly veiled attack on donald trump‘s immigration ban. the charity also supports young agricultural entrepreneurs in rwanda where people, tragically, share with the jewish community the first—hand knowledge of the evils of genocide. and in this way, world jewish relief shows us how vital it is to learn lessons of a horrors of the past. now, when i arrived here this evening, i had the great pleasure of speaking to ben, a wonderful man who i first speaking to ben, a wond