fergus walsh reporting there.n from the west midlands have been convicted of plotting to attack police and the military. the terrorist cell was arrested last august after the security services found a pipe bomb, an imitation gun, and a meat cleaver, in one of their cars, during a sting operation. three of the men had met injail and had previous convictions for terror offences — as our correspondent phil mackie now reports. a major alert near the centre of birmingham last august — homes and businesses were evacuated, the bomb disposal unit had to be called. it was the culmination of an elaborate operation resulting in several arrests, including these men, who called themselves the three musketeers. undercover officers had found a cache of weapons in the back of one of their cars, there was a partially constructed pipe bomb, an imitation firearm, and a meat cleaver with the word "kafir" or "unbeliever" scratched into the blade. they found them behind that door which is a small delivery business which was a front, th

fergus walsh reporting there.ted to be paid for the brazilian footballer neymar in a world record football transfer deal. the 25—year—old says he wants to leave his current club, barcelona, and move to paris saint germain. if the deal goes ahead it will make him the most expensive player in history. 0ur sports news correspondent richard conway reports from paris. a hasty arrival for neymar at barcelona's training ground this morning, but this slow—burning transfer saga now appears to now be reaching a conclusion. after saying goodbye to his teammates, his strike partner, lionel messi, took to social media to wish him well for the future. today's destination was unknown but, according to one of his representatives, the poster boy of brazilian football is likely to be a psg player by the weekend. translation: yes, paris made the proposal. they're going to pay the clause. the planned dealfor neymar would set a clear world record. back in 2009, cristiano ronaldojoin real madrid for £80 million. in 2013, gareth bale ma

of preventing 10,000 gene disorders which pass down the generations. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walshrts. the goal could not be more ambitious. to eradicate inherited diseases. these scientists have taken an impressive first step on a long road. editing dna in human embryos. so how is it done? inside the nucleus of each of our cells is our genome, billions of pieces of dna. it is the instruction manual for life. the scientists were targeting a faulty gene that causes a serious heart condition. they fertilised a healthy egg with sperm from a man carrying the faulty gene. they then injected the gene editing system. this scans the dna like a spell—check or a sat nav. it then cuts both strands of the dna and removes the faulty gene. a healthy copy of the gene from the egg was then naturally inserted. now here are some of the embryos from a study in the journal nature after being edited. 42 of 58 embryos were corrected. they were allowed to develop for five days. none was implanted. we are very excited about all the work... the research has been welcomed by a team in london who have a lice

our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. the goal could not be more ambitious: to eradicate inherited diseases. these scientists have taken an impressive first step on a long road, editing dna in human embryos. so how is it done? inside the nucleus of each of ourselves is our genome, billions of pieces of dna. it's the instruction manual for life. the scientists were targeting a faulty gene that causes a serious heart condition. they fertilised a healthy egg with sperm from a man carrying the faulty gene. they then injected the gene editing system known as crispr. this scans the dna, like a spell—check or a satnav. it then cuts both strands of the dna and removes the faulty gene. a healthy copy of the gene from the egg was then naturally inserted. now here are some of the embryos from the study in the journal nature after being edited. 42 of 58 embryos were corrected. they were allowed to develop for five days. none was implanted. we are very excited about all the work, of course... the research has been welcomed by a team i

of preventing 10,000 gene disorders, which pass down the generations. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walshts. the goal could not be more ambitious, to eradicate inherited diseases. these scientists have taken an impressive first step on a long road, editing dna in human embryos. so how is it done? inside the nucleus of each of ourselves is oui’ gene the nucleus of each of ourselves is our gene known, brilliance of pieces of dna. it is the instruction manual for life. the scientists were targeting a faulty gene that causes a serious heart condition. they have fixed a faulty gene. they then injected the gene editing system, which scans the dna like a spellchecker awsat now. it then cuts both strands of the dna, and removes the faulty gene, a healthy copy of the faulty gene, a healthy copy of the gene from the egg is then naturally inserted. here are some of the embryos from the study in the journal nature after being edited, 42 of 58 embryos were corrected. they were allowed to develop a five days, none was implanted. we're very excited about the work... the research has been welcomed by 18

fergus walsh reports. the goal could not be more ambitious. to eradicate inherited diseases.se scientists have taken an impressive first step on a long road. editing dna in human embryos. so how is it done? inside the nucleus of each of our cells is our genome, billions of pieces of dna. it is the instruction manual for life. the scientists were targeting a faulty gene that causes a serious heart condition. they fertilised a healthy egg with sperm from a man carrying the faulty gene. they then injected the gene editing system. this scans the dna like a spell—check or a sat nav. it then cuts both strands of the dna and removes the faulty gene. a healthy copy of the gene from the egg was then naturally inserted. now here are some of the embryos from a study in the journal nature after being edited. 42 of 58 embryos were corrected. they were allowed to develop for five days. none was implanted. we are very excited about all the work... the research has been welcomed by a team in london who have a license to edit human embryos. they said the technology could eventually help many

our medical correspondent, fergus walsh reports. the goal could not be more ambitious.dicate inherited diseases. these scientists have taken an impressive first step on a long road, editing dna in human embryos. so how is it done? inside the nucleus of each of our cells is our genome, billions of pieces of dna. it is the instruction manual for life. the scientists were targeting a faulty gene that causes a serious heart condition. they fertilised a healthy egg with sperm from a man carrying the faulty gene. they then injected the gene editing system known as crispr. this scanned the dna like a spell—check or a sat nav. it then cuts both strands of the dna and removes the faulty gene. a healthy copy of the gene from the egg was then naturally inserted. now here are some of the embryos from the study in the journal nature after being edited. 42 of 58 embryos were corrected. they were allowed to develop for five days. none was implanted. we are very excited about this. the research has been welcomed by a team in london. who have a license to edit human embryos. they say th