fiona trott, bbc news, hartlepool. trip have been found inside two crocodiles. 65—year—old kevin darmody went missing in far north queensland over the weekend. after a two—day search of the area, police euthanised two large crocodiles before finding human body parts. earlier i spoke to our correspondent in australia phil mercer, and asked just how common these crocodile attacks are. in the state of queensland, monica, extremely rare. since record—keeping began back in the mid—1980s, there's only been over a dozen fatal attacks. what we do know about kevin darmody is that he was fishing with friends in far northern queensland, on cape york over the weekend. his friends didn't see the attack, but they certainly heard it — they heard a yell and a very large splash, and this was a group fishing along the river bank, when they got to the scene, the missing man wasn't there, but the only thing that was left were his shoes, his flip—flops. and the authorities, over the course of the next 2a hours, hunted down two large crocod

fiona trott, bbc news, northumberland.iracy — plotting to overthrow the government — for their roles in the us capitol riot in 2021. they plotted to keep donald trump in power after his election defeat by leading a violent mob in a attacking the capital. barbara plett usher reports from washington. we're all proud boys! enrique tarrio, leader of the proud boys, rallying his troops in washington weeks before the attack on the capitol. today, he was found guilty of seditious conspiracy, the ringleader of a plot to halt the peaceful transfer of power. be advised, there's probably about 300 proud boys. - they're marching eastbound - towards the united states capitol. the prosecution said the proud boys saw themselves as donald trump's foot soldiers, spearheading the fight to keep him in office, believing he'd put them on notice months earlier. proud boys, stand back and stand by... more than 300 people who took part in the capitol riots have already been sentenced, but the four proud boys convicted today faced the most serious

our north of england correspondent, fiona trott, reports.law. around 200,000 live here, but now, for a second season, no law can protect them. bird flu has been confirmed again. reasonably concerned that this year could turn into exactly the same thing as last year. and so far we've seen 30—a0 carcasses on these islands, and we've sent away samples and we've had three positive samples. and we are very eager to try and limit access, try and limit disturbance. we're the last ones to set foot on inner farne until at least august this year, and this is as close as we can get. this and the other farne islands have been shut down to members of the public so that rangers can work desperately hard to protect these rare species. and it is hard. last year, they collected 6,000 carcasses. the national trust called it "an unprecedented wildlife tragedy". today, by keeping the islands off limits, rangers can test and monitor the population and limit any disturbance, to encourage birds to breed. that's important for species like the puffin — already threa

our north of england correspondent fiona trott reports from hartlepool.. a career and an identity they say has been lost. they say is being lost. it's now so severe that this uk charity is stepping up its support. it offers financial grants and advice. so the money what i've paid in there, what i'm paying for fuel, is not going home. how are your family doing? nah. i don't even want to talk about it. i said, what's it doing to yourfamily? and that acted as a trigger, and he said, don't want to talk about it and walked away. you know, i feel bloody awful. we're hearing about fishermen in the north—east who are contacting the fishermen's mission, contacting other charities, and talking about their mental health, talking about the fact that they are seriously contemplating their continued existence in the world. this is why the fishermen are suffering. thousands of dead crabs and lobsters were washed up on the north—east coastline in 2021. they say wash—ups continue today. many of them believe dredging work around teesside's new freeport was to blame. a defr

murdering his 72—year—old wife, janice, at their home near paphos, in december 2021. 0ur corresponent fiona trottr spoke for over four hours through an interpreter here at the court. at times he was tearful, when he was going over the final moments of his wife's life here at their home in paphos, where they retired to over 20 years ago. he has waited 17 months for this — he was arrested in december 2021, it was his first chance today to give his version of events in full. and we heard how he regretted killing janice hunter. "i would never help her take her life if she hadn't begged me," he said. he said that she had become hysterical and, in an attempt to reassure her, he said, "i'll do it, i'll not tell you how or when," and he said that had calmed her down. he said, "i had no intention to kill her, i was hoping something good will happen, a small miracle that she should change her mind. i didn't want to kill my wife, i loved her so much." we also heard details of how her condition had really deteriorated after the pandemic broke out — the local hospital closed down, meaning at one point she had

our correspondent fiona trott was in court. give a high—five. high—five! good girl!nd came to cyprus nearly 20 years ago, the reward after he worked down the mine from the age of 15. but here inside their home, janice was suffering — she had blood cancer. so, david killed his teenage sweetheart and tried to take his own life. just concentrate on me. the moment afterwards captured on a personal video call to his daughter, back in the uk. you love me, you know you do, i'm your girl~ _ today, david hunterfinally gave his version of those events, something the grandfather has waited 17 months to do. for the first time, david hunter explained why he killed his wife in his own words. with tears in his eyes he said this: "i regret what i had to do, i would never have helped her take her life if she hadn't begged me. it was her decision, not mine, hers. she said, 'i�*m sick of being alive, it's just leaving hospital and sitting at home. this is no life.�* i loved her so much." we are really hoping that at the worst it comes to. manslaughter, based on the facts i he's given t

guide dogs for the blind association training centre in reading. 0ur north of england correspondent fiona trott north—east of england, age uk is holding an open day at the superstore in durham. encouraging volunteers to come in and find out a little bit more and also a place where you can buy things like this, a glass from the queen's coronation, and salt—and—pepper shakers from barcelona in spain. just £1 for those. of course, places like this, as you know, shops on the high street, don't run themselves, they need more people to come and volunteer. let's speak to an existing volunteer. when people have been coming in today, you have been telling them what that is like. what have you been saying to them? basically the benefits of being a volunteer. the fact that you give your time away, it gives you that nice warm fuzzy feeling that you are helping people and especially the kind of help that we give in this store. ., ,., ., , . ., , store. how important is the charity in this part — store. how important is the charity in this part of _ store. how important is the charity in this part of the _ s

0ur royal correspondent sarah campbell is in slough and fiona trott is in durham for us.sarah. tell us more about what's been happening there. good afternoon. this was the first ever royal engagement for prince louis and he took to it with gusto here in slough at the scout hut where they have been doing refurbishment. he got behind the digger and did some archery away from that, you could not get him away from that and he had some marshmallows. it is very rare for the prince and princess of wales to take their children out on royal engagements but it shows the level of support they have here for the big help 0ut. it is hopping across the country millions will get involved in volunteering where they can just like the children of the royalfamily had done can just like the children of the royal family had done this can just like the children of the royalfamily had done this morning and the hope is people will carry on volunteering. if you look at the app for the big help 0ut you can sign up to activities happening in your area today and the hope is you will do that today, en