death brought back memories of northern ireland's violent past and prompted a debatee.bout its fut emma vardyorts. emma: a modern victim of political violence that manyd hod been confined to the past. thousands lined the streets of belfast for lyra mckee. her death uniting protestants and catholics, and political rivals. >> lyra was a person who broke acdown barriers and reachess boundaries. this was her hallmark in life. and this is her legacy in death. ♪ emma: side-by-side, the leaders of the democratic unionist party and sinn fein, bitter adversaries, today united in condemnation of the events which led it to lyra mckee's death. british and irish prime minister's brought together two, as theresa may and labor leader jeremy corbydkjoined leo va and the irish president michael higgins. >> lyra is many things to many people. emma: tributes were paid to her writing and activism. gshe campaign for peace a rights in northern ireland, and her family appealed for people to embrace her vision for change. >> we have the power to create the kind of society that lyra envisioned. one where labels are m

emma vardy, bbc news.i lanka tomorrow are cancelled amid fears of further attacks — one week after the easter sunday bombings. security forces raid militant bases — the wife and daughter of the suspected ringleader are wounded. new pictures emerge of one of the suicide bombers in a hotel just moments before his attack. we'll have the latest from our correspondent in colombo. also tonight... an investigation into whether the government acted fairly when it accused thousands of foreign students of cheating in english language tests. spain prepares to go to the polls — with the far right resurgent. and top flight for the canaries — norwich city promoted tonight to the premier league. good evening. church services in sri lanka tomorrow have been cancelled, amid fears of more attacks, one week after the easter sunday bombings. people have been told to worship at home instead. thousands of troops are searching for the islamist militants still at large: at least 15 people were killed in a raid on a safe house, an

emma vardy, bbc news.ws in belfast and joins us now via skype. do all of this has come of public feeling following the death of lyra mckee, but how does that tie—in with the hard politics of northern ireland in terms of securing a deal? 0bviously ireland in terms of securing a deal? obviously there has been a great outpouring of public sentiment, but it is worth noting that those who applaud father martin magill‘s pointed words during his funeral homily for lyra mckee that those people who applaud it are not what you would regard as dup and sinn fein core voters. they were probably drawn from the middle ground, at add as lyra mckee herself was, and in many ways the government have been forced because of this outpouring of sentiment, perhaps a little prematurely, because we have a convergence of circumstances in northern ireland which are mitigating against the possibility of resolving the differences between the dup and sinn fein in the immediate future. that would mainly be brexit looming large, the suppl

emma vardy, bbc news.reatments, and the fears that some customers may have mental health issues. earlier i spoke to ashton collins, the director of save face, which is a national register of accredited practitioners who provide non—surgical cosmetic treatments. as a voluntary register ourselves, we wholeheartedly feel that more needs to be done to help vulnerable people and recognise the signs early on and channel them to appropriate professionals. we are launching a series of face—to—face training which will comprise of a full day for our staff to tackle the signs and symptoms, what are the referral channels for patients, and what are the sort of behaviour that these patients display? so that we can recognise that early on and make sure they are signposted to the appropriate channels. you mentioned you are having face—to—face training. i think under the proposal that has been agreed, the government and nhs have agreed, it can be done online. yes, there is a certain amount that can be done online but what

emma vardy reporting.ry, lord hain said that the longer a stormont government remained out of action, the more difficult it would be to maintain a working relationship between the parties as outlined in the good friday agreement. i'm sorry to say it in blunt terms, but if a political vacuum is created, that is filled by extremists. we saw so terribly late last week, the consequences of that, and politicians have got to step up to the market, and that doesn'tjust include the leaders of the dup and sinn fein, both of whom are culpable in all of this, but it also means both prime ministers of both governments. talking of consequences, let's just say if no deal is agreed in these talks, are we talking here about direct rule? we have got to go direct rule in all but name, in the sense that parliament has legislated, the british parliament has legislated to give the northern ireland civil service certain powers to run the administration, and past finance arrangements and so forth. so effectively there is indirec

emma vardy, bbc news.to our correspondent julian fowler in belfast — and asked him how far apart the main parties are, ahead of any new talks. the problems that led to the suspension of stormont years ago have not progressed in any way despite the very public shows and displays of unity in the response to the killing of lyra mckee. we've seen a very bullish response from both the dup and sinn fein to the announcement of those talks, which will begin on may the 7th. while welcoming those talks, they've reallyjust restated their positions from the collapse of the previous talks process. arlene foster, the leader of the dup, she has called for a parallel process for devolution to be restored while a separate talks process takes place to deal with the issues that remain unresolved, such as an irish language act and the legalisation of same—sex marriage, but sinn fein has rejected that. they say those issues need to be dealt with before any resolution of devolution. so really it is hard to see where the two gov

our correspondent emma vardy has this report. of political violence that many hoped had been consigned to the past. thousands lined the streets of belfast for lyra mckee, her death uniting protestants and catholics and political rivals. lyra was a person who broke down barriers and reached across boundaries. this was her hallmark in life and this is her legacy in death. # then sings my soul, my saviour god, to thee...# side by side, leaders of the democratic unionist party and sinn fein, bitter adversaries today united in their condemnation of the events which led to lyra mckee‘s death. and british and irish prime ministers brought together, too, as theresa may and labour leader jeremy corbynjoined leo varadkar and irish president michael d higgins. lyra is many things to many people. tributes were paid to her writing and her activism. she campaigned for peace and gay rights in northern ireland, and her family appealed for people to embrace her vision for change. we have the power to create the kind of society that lyra envisione

emma vardy, bbc news, dublin.e government and the labour party have come to an end with plans for more discussions tomorrow. our political editor laura kuenssberg is in westminster for political editor laura kuenssberg is in westminsterfor us. political editor laura kuenssberg is in westminster for us. so, political editor laura kuenssberg is in westminsterfor us. so, third day of talks, what are we to make of that? well, george, i don't think these talks have got the answer to some of those anxieties we were hearing from northern ireland. people with genuine concerns about what will happen today. their livelihoods and their families in the next few weeks or so. but from both sides tonight, there is a sense that these talks were constructive, they were very amicable, but they we re they were very amicable, but they were also serious. and both sides are getting into the guts of both their different versions of brexit. it is also not the case that both sides don't have anything in common. sometimes privately, people

emma vardy, bbc news.espondent for the irish news in belfast, who said reaching a resolution will take a lot of compromise from both sides. obviously there has been a great outpouring of public sentiment, but i suppose it is worth noting that those who applauded father martin magill‘s pointed words during his funeral homily for lyra mckee, those people who applauded it are not what you would regard as dup and sinn fein core voters. they were probably drawn from the middle ground as lyra mckee herself was, so in many ways the government's hand has been forced because of this outpouring of sentiment. perhaps a little prematurely, because we have a convergence of circumstances in northern ireland which are mitigating against the possibility of resolving the differences between the dup and sinn fein in the immediate future. that would mainly be brexit looming large, the confidence and supply deal that the dup has with the tory government. those are the two big issues, add also we are reaching perhaps a histori

emma vardy, bbc news.rs — have said they will introduce new checks to ensure vulnerable people are not sold unnecessary or damaging treatment. it follows a warning from the nhs director of mental health services that the cosmetic industry is doing too little to stop those with body image obsessions undergoing potentially harmful treatments. richard galpin reports. cosmetic procedures like botox injections and fillers are popular and easily available — notjust in clinics, but also in high street outlets. the nhs is concerned there's a link between young people's mental health and these kinds of procedures. 25% of youngsters are worried about their appearance, 50% are worried about their weight, and we know that the evidence is if you've got those concerns, if you are feeling pressure or bombarded around idealised body image, that you are more likely to seek procedures, but you are also then more likely to be dissatisfied with the outcome of those procedures. to try to tackle this, the nhs wants all those pr

emma vardy, bbc news, derry.med government plans to end the right of landlords in england to evict tenants without good reason. but the national landlords association says the proposals could cause chaos, increasing the number of indefinite tenancies. sima kotecha reports. yeah, i think it does make me feel a bit more secure, but i'm worried also about the people who don't necessarily know their rights... nick had a bad experience while renting. he was given just four weeks to move out of his flat. it was quite stressful at the time. i had to find a flat at short notice, and i had to settle for somewhere that was probably... i wouldn't have chosen in an ideal world, in terms of the state it was in! if these changes come into force, tenants won't be able to be evicted without good reason. yeah, it is a relief that, at least in principle, what happened to me before couldn't happen again. and in that sense, it's a positive, and it also shows how desperate the situation has become for a lot of private renters. i thin

emma vardy, bbc news, dublin.opean council president, donald tusk is proposing to offer the uk a flexible brexit extension at next week's eu summit. our europe editor, katya adler gave us this update. i spoke to a high level official who said the current thinking now of donald tusk, the president and the european council, i had at the eu leaders brexit summit next wednesday is to offer the prime minister what he is calling a flex extension, a longer extension giving the uk the flexibility to come out of that as $0011 flexibility to come out of that as 50011 as flexibility to come out of that as soon as parliament has passed and ratified a deal. dramatic moments in the house of commons this week but what happened todayis commons this week but what happened today is unusual even by those standards. listen to this. and mps were forced to suspend their sitting after water began flooding into the chamber from a leak in the roof. there's no news yet on when the chamber is due to re—open. the uk's biggest employers have

our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports.e before the shots were fired that killed lyra mckee, three men were seen on cctv, walking towards the rioting. in front, police say, a man carrying a crate of petrol bombs. with him, a man wearing a camouflage face mask and what police believe is the gunman. the man in the face mask is then seen lighting petrol bombs, and some time after the shooting, what police believe is the gunman seen again during the rioting here. officers believe they are all in their late teens. police say they have had overwhelming support from people in derry during the investigation, but today reiterated a plea for people to overcome fears about coming forward, saying witnesses will be protected. i do believe that the community do have information that could help me to unlock the key to lyra mckee‘s murder. i'm not sure those individuals are necessarily protecting this individual but i do believe that they are frightened. the reassurance i want to give to people is that i am able to deal with those concerns

our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports.uneral, the words of fr martin magill received a standing ovation when he shamed politicians for failing to reconcile their differences to restore devolution. why, in god's name, does it take the death of a 29—year—old woman with her whole life in front of her... applause in his first interview since the address, he urged politicians to listen to the people. i get the sense that people want our politicians to move and they want them to move now, and by that i mean in terms of entering into those talks and in a way that will actually bring a positive result at the end of them. political adversaries in northern ireland have been brought together by the death of the journalist who was shot during rioting in londonderry. more than two years since power—sharing collapsed in northern ireland, yesterday, the british and irish governments announced that in the wake of lyra's death, there would be fresh discussions to try to reach a new power—sharing agreement, beginning after the local electio

emma vardy with the latest for us from dublin.ur europe editor katya adler because let's talk a bit about the visit to dublin by chancellor merkel and what you made of the tone and the message that she offered in that news conference. well, i think what really struck me was a very stark contrast in tone from those gloomy, almost threatening statements we've been hearing from you ladies of late, no deal is all but inevitable 110w late, no deal is all but inevitable now if the prime minister asks us for a long extension there will be tough, tough conditions attached and there was a determinedly upbeat note in dublin with angela merkel saying where there is a will there is a way, and i think what we are seeing here is eu leaders peering into the a byss here is eu leaders peering into the abyss of no deal, thinking what it will mean for them, and also considering what they might be willing to do to try to avoid it. right now there is no unified eu position on this, but today, in berlin, i had a chance of a rare interview to talk to an

our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports.order broke out following police raids in the city. footage on social media showed petrol bombs being thrown at armoured police vehicles. officers said that, after shots being fired, a 29—year—old woman was killed. she has been named locally as lyra mckee, a journalist who had been on the scene of the rioting. unfortunately, at 11 o'clock last night, a gunman appeared and fired a number of shots towards the police, and a young woman, lyra mckee, 29 years old, was wounded. she was taken away from the scene in a police land rover to altnagelvin hospital, but unfortunately she has died. the police have described it as a terrorist incident and say a murder enquiry has been launched. political leaders in northern ireland have condemned the violence. the deputy leader of sinn fein, michelle o'neill, calling it an attack on all the community. and the leader of the democratic unionists, arlene foster, saying it was a senseless act. creggan is an area which is a housing estate so this is outsid

emma vardy, bbc news.mate change protests in london are entering their fifth day, as more than a thousand police officers are deployed to cover the demonstrations over the easter weekend. these are live pictures from heathrow. about 20 protesters have been moved onto the pavement by police at one of the road entrances to heathrow airport. no word of disruption to travel plans there, it all seems to be normal apparently. of course a busy bank holiday. the processes are there with a sign saying, aren't we there with a sign saying, aren't we the last generation. we will be keeping an eye on heathrow as the morning progresses. elsewhere, campaigners from the group extinction rebellion are continuing to block sites including oxford circus and waterloo bridge. since monday, more than 500 activists have been arrested, with some roads in the city still blocked. kathryn stanczyszyn reports. camped out at four central london locations, these climate change campaigners say they are in for the long haul. i've got to g

emma vardy, bbc news.on because the irish prime minister leo varadkar has offered his condolences to lyra mckee‘s family. he tweeted the government condemns in the strongest possible terms the fatal shooting of journalist and writer at lyra mckee in derry. we are full of sadness after last night's events. we cannot allow those who want to propagate violence, fear and hate to drag us back to the past. this morning, speaking to journalists, the leader of the dup, arlene foster, has called on the community to support the police in bringing the perpatrators to justice. violence, criminality, terrorism was always wrong and is still wrong today in 2019. we condemn it wholeheartedly. we hope that everyone will work in londonderry, and indeed further afield, with the police service to give them all the support that they need. and can i commend the officers last night who stood between the community and those who sought to do the community harm. and i would also commend those in altnagelvin hospital who tried to sa

emma vardy reporting from stormont.nt, chris page, gave us this assesment of todays events. it's more than two years since the devolved government here at stormont was in place. in the british national government has decided now is the time to restart talks between parties with a view to get to getting it back up and running again. throughout the news conference today, the irish foreign minister and the northern ireland secretary, karen bradley, referred to the murder of lyra, the 29—year—old journalist was shot dead by dissident republicans who are opposed to the peace process during a riot in londonderry on thursday of last week. there is a sense that that tragic event has really galvanised public opinion, has generated so much sentiment, people saying they want to see a stable and peaceful future for northern ireland leading to more pressure on politicians to work together, to try and restore the power—sharing institutions. simon said in the news conference that there are some moments in politics where things change,

here is our ireland correspondent emma vardy. emma: an innocent bystander.mckee watched as violenced. erup shots rang out. here you can see a gunman who t fired up to es. year-old journalist was hit by aullet. a reporter beside her tried to help. >> i could see a land rover and there was a young woman lying on e ground. unconscious. friends beside her hadn't realized what happened. they just started screaming. it is a sound i will never forget. emma: lyra mckee was described as a promising up-and-coming journalist. she was also a gay-rights activist. >> within the lgbt community we have a saying we tell people, i gets better. what i realized is better for some of us. it gets better for those who live to see it better. emma: many tributes were paid by people who knew lyra and read her work. just after 11:00 last night, she was taken to hospital by police but died of her wounds officers are treating her death as a terrorist incident, and a murder inquiry is under way. >> this is an horrendous act, it is unnecessary, it is uncalled for, it is totally unjustifie

emma vardy, bbc news.h our ireland correspondent chris page who is at stormont for us. let's pick up on that question. can this fresh momentum to restoring power sharing, might it be successful? well, the british and irish governments have decided there isa irish governments have decided there is a window of opportunity now to reopen talks between the stormont parties in a fresh bid to restore the devolved governments here in stormont that hasn't been in operation for more than two years. in the last hour there has been a news c0 nfe re nce in the last hour there has been a news conference by karen bradley and the irish foreign minister and they have announced those new talks will begin on may the 7th, the tuesday after the may bank holiday, the first working day after the counting in the council elections here which will be held next week as they were when the rest of the uk. after that there will be a meeting, a peace process forum, between the two governments where they will talk to each other. so you w

our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports.ut a minute before the shots were fired that killed lyra mckee, three men are seen walking towards the rioting — one carrying a crate of petrol bombs. with him, a man wearing a camouflage face mask and what police think is the gunman. it's believed they're all in their late teens. the man in the mask is seen lighting the petrol bombs and later on, another image believed to be of the gunman after the shooting. police believe that's this man, who stepped out from behind a wall, firing at police, but whose fatal shot killed an innocent bystander. for some in northern ireland, talking to police carries a huge stigma, but officers have paid tribute to the overwhelming support they've received from people in derry. but today made a new plea for others to overcome fears about coming forward, saying witnesses will be protected. the reassurance i want to give to people is that i am able to deal with those concerns and those worries really sensitively. all i'm looking for is a conversation. more

jane: emma vardy reporting. the inquiry is over, but the fight over the mueteer report is ifying.gators who worked for the special counsel are id to be unhappy with the way the attorney general represented their findings, but the justice department more details willing be released when the work is done. to ron christie, former adviser to george w. bush. presumably when the report is released, it will all be cleared up. ron: one would hope, but if all -- if only it was that easy, jane. good evening to you. asis will be an interesting next couple of weeks inngton, d.c. on one hand, the democrats want the full release of the mueller report, which by law the t attorney general can'. there is grand jury testimony in classified information about intelligence. what what will come out will fuel more democrat suspicion that perhaps mueller had some obstruction of justice charge for the president. jane: did the attorney general, william barr, make matters worse by releasing his topline summary? n: i don't believe he did, and i think he did something very smart, which was to work with rod ro

emma vardy, bbc news, dublin.broken up without any breakthrough in the deadlock. jonathan blake is at westminster for us jonathan blake is at westminster for us andi jonathan blake is at westminster for us and i believe it is worth pointing out that these are not talks between jeremy pointing out that these are not talks betweenjeremy corbyn and the premise are. it was their teams. senior ministers from the government side, stephen barclay and david lidington and on the labour side, the shadow boxes secretary keir starmer, rebecca long bailey, the shut up as a secretary and a couple others making up the numbers. and the idea is to find some kind of consensus as to an agreement that they can come to in the shape of a brexit deal or an aspirational brexit deal or an aspirational brexit deal or an aspirational brexit deal they could put to the house of commons to get mps to back. but as you say two days of talks, another four and a half hours or so today, and no breakthrough. we are told the talks are expected to con

emma vardy, bbc news. are you an aspiring secret agent?picture? the cia has blown its cover on instagram, with an intriguing mission to accomplish. captioned ‘i spy with my little eye' the post shows a desk scattered with curiously placed objects, from a curly grey wig to a pile of foreign banknotes. it's being seen as an effort by the spy agency to recruit a younger generation of officers, agents and analysts. they are trying to work out whether we can work out anything to do with what the clues may be and we have got some ideas. i have a piece of paper which has the answers on that because i didn't have a clue. you failed, i wonder what the cia would say about that. obviously there are some things, the wig and the nine thing, obvious you are part of the spy thing, obvious you are part of the spy agency but other stuff like the plant is relevant. the plant is included as a wry reference to the cia's foreign intelligence plants. i mentioned earlier the time on the clock was relevant because the clock and is set to 8116 which was the time b

emma vardy, bbc news.meps, including a number of shadow ministers, have signed a letter demanding the party commits to holding another referendum on any brexit deal. we're joined from our london newsroom by our political correspondent susanna mendonca. susanna, what exactly are they calling for here? we heard a lot of talk but this is quite a specific request. they want labour to include a clear commitment to hold a confirmatory referendum and this is basically, it would be a referendum ona basically, it would be a referendum on a final deal, if that is ever reached with the government on brexit. so that is what they are calling for and the reason they are calling for and the reason they are calling for and the reason they are calling for this is that labour is currently deciding what will go in its manifesto, that will be decided by its ruling body on tuesday —— labour. there has been some concern from mps who support another referendum because there was a leaflet issued earlier on in the week which was a

in a moment we will talk to emma vardy in dublin.re talks this evening between labour and the government? officials get back round the table later this evening to thrash out some of the remaining issues. we know the labour party is urging the government to go a lot further than it has so far on the idea of customs, to agree to a long—term customs union after we have left the eu. at this stage the suggestion is that the government has not got that far, it is not promising as much as the labour party wa nt promising as much as the labour party want on that issue and is more open to the idea of reopening the political declaration, that is the bit in my future relationship, not the literal agreement which europe has made clear it does not want to revisit downing street is hinting it could look again at the political declaration and putting some new elements into that. there‘s also talk about legislation to see through some of those promises which it is hoped would give some kind of protection against a new prime minister replacing theres

emma vardy in derry, thank you. police officers have arrived in central london, stopping anyone they think is a protesterfrom getting down to oxford circus. the area has been the focus of a climate change protest for the past five days. activists have also gathered at heathrow airport. so far, nearly 600 people have been arrested. sarah walton has the story. it was a peaceful start to day five of the protest. with the easter holiday keeping many commuters off the roads, there was less disruption to traffic. but demonstrators said they were as determined as ever to remain. i have come out to do my bit and we are going to come back on monday and we will be getting arrested again and probably maybe locking on here again or doing whatever is necessary until the government is prepared to speak with us. police have been making arrests, moving in in groups to carry protesters lying on the ground. but many of those detained have returned to the demonstrations as soon as they were released. the home secretary sajid javid say

emma vardy, bbc news. here's a picture for you.to check this out because the idea you are supposed to crack the message behind the picture. the cia has joined instagram and has posted its first mission to get a younger audience on board. it is captioned i spy audience on board. it is captioned i spy with my little eye and it shows a desk scattered with curiously priced but significant objects from a curly grey wig, i guess that's self—explanatory, to a pile of foreign banknotes. this is part of an effort by the spy agency to recruit a younger generation of officers, agents and analysts, but each object on the table is of significance even the time the clock is second. have a look. it is on instagram. see if you can look out watch each item represents. we will start with the clock. the significance of the clock is... the time at which the clock is set is 846, which is the time the first plane struck the north tower of the world trade centre in the 911 there are 10 or 11 if you can spot them on the well, there is the map of china, on

emma vardy, bbc news.orces have exchanged fire with suspected islamic state militants in the east of the country. reports say 15 bodies, including six children, have been found in a house where the gun battle took place. we'rejoined now from colombo by anbarasan ethirajan. just bring us up—to—date with what we have heard this morning, reports of the gun battle with suspected islamist militants, what more do we know because there is a serious death toll there. the security forces started this shootout late last night and the residents told us it lasted for a couple of hours and no—one was allowed to go to the site, police imposed a curfew soon after the second fight and this morning, army officials took a group of journalists to the morning, army officials took a group ofjournalists to the place and they said 15 people had been killed in the shootout, they found the bodies of these 15 people, including women and children, and they think six of these men who were found dead were suspected islamist and they w

our correspondent emma vardy has this report.n victim of political violence that many hoped had been consigned to the past. thousands lined the streets of belfast for lyra mckee, her death uniting protestants and catholics and political rivals. lyra was a person who broke down barriers and reached across boundaries. this was her hallmark in life, and this is her legacy in death. # then sings my soul, my saviour god, to thee...# side by side, leaders of the democratic unionist party and sinn fein, bitter adversaries, today united in their condemnation of the events which led to lyra mckee's death. and british and irish prime ministers brought together too, as theresa may and labour leader jeremy corbynjoined leo varadkar and irish president, michael d higgins. lyra is many things to many people. tributes were paid to her writing and her activism. she campaigned for peace and gay rights in northern ireland, and her family appealed for people to embrace her vision for change. we have the power to create the kind of society that lyra

emma vardy reports. disorder broke out following police raids in the city.etrol—bombs being thrown at armoured police vehicles. officer said that after shots being fired, 29—year—old woman was killed. she was a journalist, on the scene of the writing. police have described it as the writing. police have described itasa the writing. police have described it as a terrorist incident. they say a murder enquiry has been launched. the dickel leaders in northern ireland have condemned the violence. —— political leaders. it was called an attack on all the community. the leader of the democratic unionist army —— and foster said it was a senseless act. the 29—year—old journalist who was killed has not yet been officially named by police. dissident republicans are being planned for last mass violence which led her death. the climate change protests in london are entering their fifth day, as more than a thousand police officers are deployed to cover the demonstrations over the easter weekend. campaigners from the group extinction rebellion are continuing to block sites

ireland's religious and political divide who were attending the service. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardyical violence that many hoped was in the past. thousands lined the streets for lyra mckee, her death uniting protesta nts a nd for lyra mckee, her death uniting protestants and catholics and political rivals. side by side, the leaders of the democratic unionist party and sinn fein. united in their condemnation of the events which led to lyra mckee‘s death. theresa may and labour leaderjeremy corbyn joined ireland's president and prime minister. lyra was a person who broke down barriers and reached across boundaries. this was her hallmark in life. and this is her legacy. in death. lyra is many things to many people. tributes were paid to lyra mckee for her writing and her activism. she campaigned for peace and gay rights and today, her family appealed for people to embrace her vision for change. we have the power to create the kind of society that lyra envisioned. 0ne where labels are meaningless. and a pre—to political leaders. where labels are meaningless. and a pre-to political leade

she was observing a riot in the creggan area of londonderry last week. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy before the shots were fired that killed lyra mckee, three men are seen walking towards the rioting — one carrying a crate of petrol bombs. with him, a man wearing a camouflage face mask and what police think is the gunman. it's believed they're all in their late teens. the man in the mask is seen lighting the petrol bombs and later on, another image believed to be of the gunman after the shooting. police believe that's this man, who stepped out from behind a wall, firing at police, but whose fatal shot killed an innocent bystander. for some in northern ireland, talking to police carries a huge stigma, but officers have paid tribute to the overwhelming support they've received from people in derry. but today made a new plea for others to overcome fears about coming forward, saying witnesses will be protected. the reassurance i want to give to people is that i am able to deal with those concerns and those worries really sensitively. all i'm looking for is a conversation. more than two y

our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports.re the shots were fired that killed lyra mckee, three men are seen walking towards the rioting — one carrying a crate of petrol bombs. with him, a man wearing a camouflage face mask and what police think is the gunman. it's believed they're all in their late teens. the man in the mask is seen lighting the petrol bombs and later on, another image believed to be of the gunman after the shooting. police believe that's this man, who stepped out from behind a wall, firing at police, but whose fatal shot killed an innocent bystander. for some in northern ireland, talking to police carries a huge stigma, but officers have paid tribute to the overwhelming support they've received from people in derry. but today made a new plea for others to overcome fears about coming forward, saying witnesses will be protected. the reassurance i want to give to people is that i am able to deal with those concerns and those worries really sensitively. all i'm looking for is a conversation. more than two years

emma vardy, bbc news, derry. of the hillsborough disaster. a minute's silence was observed at 6 minutes past three, the time the match was stopped. ninety six football fans died in a crush on the terraces during an fa cup semi—final. housing charities and campaigners have welcomed government plans to end the right of landlords in england to evict tenants without good reason. but the national landlords association says the proposals could cause chaos, increasing the number of indefinite tenancies. sima kotecha reports. yeah, i think it does make me feel a bit more secure, but i'm worried also about the people who don't necessarily know their rights... nick had a bad experience while renting. he was given just four weeks to move out of his flat. it was quite stressful at the time. i had to find a flat at short notice, and i had to settle for somewhere that was probably... i wouldn't have chosen in an ideal world, in terms of the state it was in! if these changes come into force, tenants won't be able to be evicted

our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports.re the shots were fired that killed lyra mckee, three men were seen on cctv, walking towards the rioting. one carrying a crate of petrol bombs. with him, a man wearing a camouflage face mask, and what police believe is the gunman. it is believed they are all in their late teens. the man in the face mask is then seen lighting petrol bombs, and some time after the shooting, what police believe is the gunman seen again during the rioting here. police believe it was this man, firing out and killing an innocent bystander. for some in northern ireland talking to police carries a huge stigma. officers have paid tribute to the overwhelming support they have received from people in derry but today they made a new plea for others to come over fears that might overcome fears about coming forward , might overcome fears about coming forward, saying witnesses will be protected. i do believe that the community do have information that could help me to unlock the key to lyra mckee‘s murder. i'm not su

and emma vardy told us that although paramilitaries are no longer anywhere near as strong as they wereall groups do still pose a threat. for the most part there has been 20 yea rs of peace for the most part there has been 20 years of peace here, but there is still an undercurrent of violence that does still exist paramilitaries are nowhere near as prevalent now as they were during the troubles but small groups do still pose a threat, there are dissident republicans who still believe in engaging in violence to try and bring about a united ireland. lisa northern ireland work every day to try and counter that threat. —— police. here in derry the police say it is the group known as the new ira that pose the biggest danger. there are concerns from communities here that groups tried to influence young people to try and bring them out onto the streets, to encourage them to engage in violence. and last summer to engage in violence. and last summer particularly in derry we saw a week of rioting in the bog side and injanuary a car bomb was detonated outside the city's courthouse. but even saying

daniel hegarty died in londonderry, shot twice in the head when he was 15. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy unexpected was this? it certainly is a significant turnaround because this case has been considered repeatedly over the yea rs been considered repeatedly over the years and each time, prosecutors decided they would not be a realistic prospect of a conviction. daniel hegarty died during the period in the troubles here in derry in which parts of the city were effectively no—go areas for soldiers and four police. they were barricaded off, controlled by the ira, and it was during an operation by the british army to try to retake parts of the city that daniel hegarty was shot in the head, and he was killed. in a second inquest in 2011, it was found that he was unarmed and that soldiers had not fired any warning shots. the police operation, the original police investigation was heavily criticised. but despite that, as recently as 2016, prosecutors were still saying they would not press charges. today that decision has been reversed stop a soldier face prosecution for murder stop it will be

emma vardy, there, thank you.cers closed in on climate change protesters in central london, as demonstrations entered a fifth day. so far, nearly 700 people have been arrested. the protestors want a drastic speeding up of the government's plan to cut carbon emissions. but many argue their target is unrealistic. sangita myska reports. following five days of disruption, this afternoon the police began the work of removing the pink boat. it had become a rallying point for climate change protesters in the very heart of the uk's busiest shopping district, oxford circus. the day had started with police officers pouring on london's streets, drafted in to end the climate change protests that had brought parts of the capital to a standstill. the home secretary had said he expected the police to use the full force of the law. it's certainly different from the sort of protest we're used to and, of course, we are an organisation that learns and we will debrief this operation once it's finished and we will learn what works and

our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports.g out, a frightening throwback as violence erupts in derry. here, you see a gunman firing at police lines. then, they appear to try to remove the evidence. more than 50 petrol bombs were thrown, say police, and officers were shot at up to ten times. journalist lyra mckee was hit as she stood beside an armoured police vehicle. a reporter nearby tried to help. i could see a land rover and there was a young woman lying on the ground beside the land rover, unconscious, and her friends were beside her. they hadn't realised what had happened. someone turned around and saw her on the ground and theyjust started screaming. it's a sound i'll never forget. described as a rising star, lyra mckee was a gay rights activist and freelance journalist. within the lgbt community we have a saying that we tell people. we tell them "it gets better". and what i realised that day is it gets better for some of us. it gets better for those of us who live long enough to see it get better. just after 11 o'clock,

emma vardy, bbc news. protests and where they are this morning. as you can see, iam they are this morning. as you can see, i am on a virtually empty waterloo bridge, one of four central london locations that remain shut off because of these climate change roadblocks that are in place. we are now hearing that extinction rebellion protesters have reached heathrow airport. they released a statement yesterday saying they were going to be targeting the aviation industry, particularly at heathrow, today. i'm looking at a photograph ofa group today. i'm looking at a photograph of a group of what looks like young people at the access entrance into heathrow, possibly the entrance into terminal two and three. there is a banner saying, are we the last generation. they are put out something on social media saying these children are being threatened with arrest for protesting on the pavement. that has come from the extinction rebellion group that they are using to communicate with the media this morning. they said they