tragically, gary allen went on to kill again.to put gary allen back on trial. at sheffield crown court today, a jury at sheffield crown court today, a jury found gary allen unanimously guilty of both murders after all of those twists and turns, this finally brings an end to 2a year wait for justice for samantha class's family. the south yorkshire police force and at the national crime agency are now looking at other unsolved attacks on women, looking at where gary allen was at the time to see whether there are any other crimes that could be linked to this violent offender. the headlines on bbc news: the inquiry into the manchester arena bombing is about to publish its findings on security at the venue. 22 people were killed, and hundreds injured in the atrocity in 2017. relatives of those killed said many opportunities to stop the bomber were missed. the covid epidemic grew in england in the days leading up tojune 7 — but there are signs the rise is beginning to slow. a man is found guilty of murdering two women 21 years apart. t

and, tragically, gary allen went on to kill again.t today, a jury found gary allen unanimously guilty of both murders. and after all of those twists and turns, this finally brings an end to 24—year wait forjustice for samantha class's family. but the police's interest in gary allen doesn't end there. the south yorkshire police force and the national crime agency are now looking at other unsolved attacks on women, looking at where gary allen was at the time to see whether there are any other crimes that could be linked to this violent offender. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. good afternoon. the humid air remains across southern and eastern areas. that's the area most likely to see a few further sharp downpours, but for the majority, it's bright, there's some sunny spells around and it's a little fresher. just a few showers as well for the north and the west, but temperatures further south and east with more cloud around today won't be quite as high, but the humidity is, which means that the evening and the

gary allen was acquitted first time.new evidence, you can have another go if court of appeal thinks thatis another go if court of appeal thinks that is in the interests ofjustice. police kept a close eye on gary allen. they worked for years to try to get evidence. there was no new dna evidence. they started looking at what he did and said in the years after the killing. eventually they got to the point, partly because of the tragic murder of the second victim, alena grlakova, they could see, they had something to bring to court. combination in this case of the violent murder of samantha class, sexual offences committed after his acquittal in 2000, further confession to undercover officers in 2010, the murder of another woman in 2018, and evidence now available offers mindset, his attitude towards women, and his violent fantasies of harming them, it seems to me that we had enough to go to the court of appeal. brute had enough to go to the court of a- eal. ~ ., ., had enough to go to the court of a- eal. ~ . ., , had enoug

it�*s —. really important conviction because when gary allen left court in sheffield 21 years ago hemurder of samantha class, a young six worker in the city. police had the dna linking him to her body, they knew he had lied but a jury could not be sure so for years afterwards prosecutors and police tried to work out if they could get him back into cord under the double jeopardy principle, that is where you find new and compelling evidence. there was no scientific breakthrough but what they are able to show this time is that what he said and did in the years after the original killing including the terrible murder of alena grlakova was highly relevant and should be put before a jury. a combination in this case of the violent murder of samantha class, sexual offences committed after his acquittal in 2000, further confession to undercover officers in 2010 and '11. the murder of another woman in 2018 and evidence now available of his mindset — in other words, his attitude towards women and his violent fantasies of harming women. it seemed to me that we had enough to go to the court of ap

gary allen, who is 47, killed mother—of—three samantha class in hull in 1997 and mother—of—four alena000, but the acquittal was overturned last year. in northern ireland, paul givan of the democratic unionist party has been confirmed as the new first minister. it comes after the resignation on monday of arlene foster. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page reports. for three days this week, northern ireland's been without a fully functioning devolved government. technically the deadlock�*s been resolved, but events at stormont are rarely straightforward. the new leader of the democratic unionist party, edwin poots, has chosen a close ally, paul givan, to be first minister. i know the challenge is great. the responsibility will be heavy. i have never shied away from taking on responsibility when asked to do so. the issue which held up the appointment was the protection and promotion of the irish language. the biggest nationalist party, sinn fein, wanted a guarantee there will be legislation soon. the british government has now said it will pass a law at westminster if that doesn't happen

a minimum term of 37 years handed down to gary allen at sheffield crown court.wo bubbles close on the wednesday after half—term, and then we had a third bubble close at the weekend. so that is 89 children that have lost ten days of education this half term already. the high transmissibility of the delta variant is causing real challenges in schools. the number of children at home isolating has increased to its highest rate since all pupils returned to class in march. the department for education estimates that 3.3% of state school pupils, approximately 239,000 children in england, did not attend class for covid related reasons last week — almost three times the number from the previous week. for many parents and pupils, it is back to remote learning, and increasing anxiety about how much more time will be missed in school. i believe the impact is absolutely huge. she's now had three national lockdowns and five periods of enforced self—isolation. she's in year 10, so she's at a crucial stage in her education. remote learning and home learning packs for children a

lieutenant allen says shipping delays pertaining to the recovery from covid 19 have some of the fireworks are looking for stuck in transit between china and here. we're live in san jose, jesse garyo you and jesse. do we know anything about who was actually purchasing these fireworks? well we know that undercover detectives approaching them, of course. but this is, you know, obviously selling, you know illegal. fireworks to people who want to go out and shoot off fireworks on their own. every year all around the bay area, principally along the peninsula and here in the south bay, heather. yeah, it just is a staggering amount of money. a million dollars. that's a lot of individuals and a lot of fire. that's a lot of money to walk through the tender line with. yeah it certainly is. all right, jesse. gary thank you so much. well as we approach the fourth of july, the oakland fire department is preparing for what could be a very long fire season earlier today, fire and city officials outlined the current fire hazard. conditions they also talked about the dangers of using fireworks, which always as we know, posed the risk of starting fires and causing property damage. and so when you

allen says. shipping delays brought on by the covid 19 pandemic recovery have some of the fireworks. they're looking for. delayed in transit between china and the bay area in san jose, jesse garyu, fox two news. well, it's not just san mateo county that's worried about the fourth fireworks and fire danger. the oakland fire department is preparing for what could be a very long fire season today, fire and city officials outlined the current fire hazard conditions. they also talked about the dangers of using fireworks, which always posed the risk of starting fires and causing property damage. each of those trees the way we look at him from the fire service perspective are basically gas cans or tree bombs is what we call them. if those ignite, they will put embers as the council member set up into the air, depending on the wind fire will spread a half mile away. also this summer on red flag day's oakland parks like joaquin miller park and east bay regional parks will be completely closed as an added precaution. are still to come. dozens of homeless people in sausalito forced to move the notice. city officials gave today and the effort to find them new shelter. also more help is on

allen says. shipping delays brought on by the covid 19 pandemic recovery have some of the fireworks they're looking for. delayed in transit between china and the bay area. and san jose jesse garyx two news, it is not just san mateo county that's worried about the fourth of july. fireworks and fire danger. the oakland fire department is prepping for what could be a long season. today, the o f d and city officials outlined the current fire hazard conditions. they also talked about the dangers of using fireworks, which always pose the risk of starting fires and causing property damage. and so when you think about picking up those fireworks, and when you think about lighting up a firework, where if you see someone lining up and forward, no understand that that means that your family your relatives are at risk. their lives are at risk because again, wildfires have no bounds. each of those trees the way we look at him from the fire service perspective are basically gas cans or tree bombs is what we call them. if those ignite, they will put embers as the council member set up into the air depends. on the wind fire will spread a half mile away. also this summer on red flag day's oakla