fiona lamdin, bbc news.al sports due to make their debuts at the games. among them is kitesurfing — and one of the competitiors hoping for a golden debut is team gb�*s connor bainbridge. andy moon has been to meet him. i love kitesurfing. i mean, ijustjust walked out of a meeting about ten minutes ago with my physiologist telling me off for doing too much kitesurfing. but i love this sport, i mean, it isjust incredible. and i think that having it on that world stage for the first time in the olympics, it is a showcase. it does look phenomenal as a sport. and so, hopefully, it will, you know, boost our sport, get more participation into it. but also, we're hoping it's going to be a spectacle down in marseille. getting ready to show off his sport to the world. connor bainbridge has always been eyeing the 2024 olympics. part of the sailing team were the first to be announced by team gb, but connor wasn't amongst them after initially failing to qualify. looking back now, i'll agree with my coach, who said this i

fiona lamdin, bbc news.dozens of black men during the racist apartheid era of white minority rule has claimed that the police sanctioned his violence. louis van schoor, a former security guard, was jailed for seven murders in 1992, but was released on parole 12 years later. south africa's police haven't commented. isa jacobson from bbc africa eye has tracked him down. i was a crimefighter. and if you're successful, then you're going to be called monsters and serial killer and whatever you want to, uh, which i don't agree with. during a three—year bloodbath in the 1980s, louis van schoor killed at least 39 people in the south african city of east london. all of his victims were black. the youngest was just 12 years old. van schoor killed all of his victims during apartheid in south africa — a brutal system of white supremacist rule. many of apartheid's worst killers were controversially released after serving relatively short sentences. men like eugene de kock, nicknamed prime evil, who confessed to murdering

fiona lamdin, bbc news.peratures led to the animals burning their paws. now, they've been given new kit to protect them. our reporterjessica lane has more. scar the sniffer dog. doesn't he look pleased? no doubt partly because of his new cooling coat and boots donated to help scar and his colleagues as they take on the difficult work of looking for people lost in places which are often hot and dangerous. that's what happened here. scar was filmed limping on the greek island of symi last month. his paws had been burnt on the hot rocks as he helped try to find tv presenter and doctor michael mosley, along with many other teams on land and in the sky. this is scar and his handler on their way to help the search and rescue effort injune, before he was injured. the video of scar, taken just days later, was posted online. it was seen and shared, including by the founder of a charity which supports animals which have worked for the police and fire services. i saw the footage and thought, we've got to do something a

fiona lamdin, bbc news.overturned, and his sentencing this month delayed. it's after the us supreme court ruled that former presidents can't be prosecuted for official acts they undertook. the former president was convicted in may forfalsifying business records. a new dutch government has been officially sworn in, almost a year after the previous one collapsed. the right—wing coalition is made up of four parties, the largest of which is led by the anti—immigration leader geert wilders, following his shock victory in last november's election. the england midfielder jude bellingham is facing a potential fine or suspension over a gesture he made celebrating his late equaliser against slovakia. uefa says it's looking into a potential violation of the basic rules of conduct. john watson is live in dortmund — what more can you tell us, john? yes, this all relates to a gesture jude bellingham appeared to make in the direction of some slovakian players and staff who were stood on the sidelines shortly after he score

our reporter, fiona lamdin, caught up with her. 11th, 2007. that's when the auditors arrived. ifirst met gail ward outside her former post office at the start of this year. six months on, things are looking very different. knocking hi, come on in. gail has received compensation. it's a weight lifted off your shoulders when you're not worrying, week in, week out. what bill's going to drop on the doorstep? gail had run a post office for eight years, but faulty software meant she had shortfalls every week. despite putting in £20,000 of her own money to balance the books, she was charged with theft and false accounting. the solicitor phoned and saying, you know, was i ready for court the following week? she said, "and don't forget to bring a bag with you with some personal items in it." and i said, "why?" she said, "well, just in case you're not coming home." you had a 13—year—old son? he went to school that morning not knowing if both his parents would be there when he came home. she was spared prison, but given community service. in

fiona lamdin, bbc news.ondon, i�*m tolu adeoye. proposals for a sky scraper matching the height of the shard are set to be approved by the city of london. the 74 storey skyscraper would replace a 28 floor vacant tower near leadenhall. it would be the tallest building in the city of london. historic england has objected to the plans. detectives say they�*re treating the death of a 70—year—old woman in west london two weekends ago as unexpected and unexplained. rita fleming was already dead when the police broke into an address in golborne road. they�*re now trying to establish her movements in the days leading up to the discovery of her body. a woman who saved someone from drowning as a teenager in 1957 has been presented with a copy of the bravery certificate she thought she had lost forever. maureen roose was just 14 years old when she plunged into the water at westcliff—on—sea, to save a family friend. now 81, she�*s been given a copy of the certificate she misplaced. this here... 0h! - is from the royal h

our reporter fiona lamdin is there for us this morning. test? good morning, charlie. so this morning, clifton suspension bridge, a very well—known icon in bristol, it is reopened, but yesterday it was closed for the entire day, and there was a white forensic tent further towards the other side of the bridge. on wednesday evening just before midnight, police say they received a call because they said a man was up on the bridge acting suspiciously. they arrived ten minutes later, but when they arrived, the man had disappeared, but they found two suitcases which contained human remains. yesterday police described the man. there are cameras all over the bridge, so they have a very good image of the man. he is described as being black with a beard, wearing a black rucksack, a black adidas cap, black trainers with white soles and a gold earring. the public and told not to approach him, if they see him to ring 999, and yesterday we were told that they have started carrying out a postmortem. today we wait to hear those results, and just to find out

our reporter fiona lamdin had this update. we are on the second day of a manhunt here in bristol. beard, dressed in black clothes, black trainers with white soles. the public have been told not to approach him. if they see him, they should call 999. more on that story on the bbc website and we are continuing our coverage of that kidnap plot sentencing. the qr code there can be scanned if you want to go to our live coverage right now for the sentencing of gavin plumb. if you are staying here on bbc news channel, we can look now at what is in store with whoever carol. —— with carol. hello, again. generally, today is going to be cloudy and cooler than it was yesterday. the other thing is the pollen levels are moderate or high, and we're talking grass and nettle pollen at this time of year. now what's happening is we've got a weak weather front which is travelling southwards. there's a lot of cloud around, that cloud thick enough for some patchy light rain and drizzle, this morning's rain clearing away from the south—east, but we've got some more showery outbreaks of rain coming into

fiona lamdin, bbc news."surviving the post office", will air on bbc one this evening. he'll be here on the sofa along with stephanie gibson, a former post office counter clerk. we'll be speaking to them just after quarter past eight. it's just days until the olympics kick off in paris — as athletes and organisers make their final preparations for more than two weeks of competion. kitesurfing is among the sports making its first ever appearance at the games — and one of the competitiors hoping for a golden debut is team gb's connor bainbridge. andy moon has been to meet him. i love kite surfing. i mean, ijustjust walked out of a meeting about ten minutes ago with my physiologist telling me off for doing too much kite surfing. but i love this sport, i mean, it isjust incredible. and i think that having it on that world stage for the first time in the olympics, it is a showcase. it does look phenomenal as a sport. and so hopefully it will, you know, boost our sport, get more participation into it. but also we'r