george ormond is due to appear before magistrates on the 9th of june.a campaign event in peterborough shortly. he's already been campaigning in bedford this morning and confirmed his pledge that labour would keep the pensions triple lock and winter fuel payments. he said the conservative plans have created a huge amount of anxiety for older people. we can talk now to our political correspondent at that jeremy corbyn event, leila nathoo. jeremy corbyn going on the offensive after the launch of the tory ma nifesto. after the launch of the tory manifesto. yes. you might be able to see behind me crowds of labour supporters outside, waiting for his arrival in peterborough were a business park attached to peterborough united football ground. jeremy corbyn has been visiting a community centre for the elderly in bedford. he has sensed the conservative party are vulnerable on theissue conservative party are vulnerable on the issue of pensioners given the announcement in their manifesto of ending the triple lock on pensions and the idea to means test of the winte

today came the first charges against george ormond, he is 61 years old, he used to be a youth coach herehe also worked at other clubs in the area as well. he has been charged with 29 historical child sexual offences, dating back between 1973 for the earliest, and 1998 for the most for the earliest, and 1998 for the m ost rece nt for the earliest, and 1998 for the most recent over a 25 year period. it is understood that the allegations have been made by 17 different individuals, all of them are male. mr ormond will appear before newcastle magistrates injune for the next part of this case. a local authority in greater manchester has asked all funeral directors to reject any request to commit the body of the moors murderer ian brady. brady, who killed five children with myra hindley died on monday. the council, which includes supper with more, once funeral directors to have no involvement in the disposal of his body. now let's return to the election. and throughout the campaign we've been asking voters what issues are important to them, and what they'd like to see changed. today, it's the t

a former newcastle united youth team football coach, george ormond, has been charged with 29 historicale taken place between 1973 and 1998. mr ormond, who is 61, is due to appear before magistrates next month. a man has beenjailed for more than nine years for a hit—and—run crash which killed a four year old girl. aidan mcateer lost control of the stolen car at st helens on merseyside. violet grace youens was killed. her grandmother who was carrying her at the time suffered serious injuries. greater manchester police say moors murderer ian brady's body shouldn't be cremated in the city or surrounding area where he carried out his crimes out of respect to his victims' families. brady died in prison on monday. voting has finally ended tonight in iran's presidential elections after polling stations had to be kept open much longer than they were meant to be because of an unexpectedly high turnout. long queues formed across the country where the relatively moderate president hassan rouhani is facing a strong challenge from a hardline conservative rival. our middle east editor jeremy bowen's r

george ormond, who's 61, will appear before magistrates in newcastle next month.in syria have attacked a convoy carrying militia fighters supporting president assad. the us—led coalition says the convoy was heading towards a base used by western special forces near the border with iraq. the attack comes as president trump prepares to visit saudi arabia, his first overseas trip since becoming president. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. us warplanes launching air strikes against so—called islamic state targets in syria. but now they are also attacking ground forces loyal to the syrian government. ostensibly the air strike was designed to protect british and american special forces like these. they are based in the south—east of syria, where they are training opposition groups fighting is. these pictures were taken last year. the pro—syrian convoy that included iranian backed militias was heading toward a military base near a strategically important border crossing with iraq and jordan. unlike many previous strikes such as this, us officials said t

george ormond, who's 61, will appear before magistrates in newcastle next month. after he was involved in a nasty crash during the race last weekend. thomas had actually been in second place overall at the time but he injured his shoulder and knee and he says that carrying on "would be a case of trying to survive each day, rather than racing". tom dumoulin of the netherlands still holds the leader's pinkjersey at the giro by over two minutes. but it was all about the sprinters on stage 13 — particularly colombia's fernando gaviria. earlier today mark cavendish tweeted he was thankful that gaviria isn't competing at the tour de france injuly, and this is why. his fourth stage win at this year's giro. london 2012 olympic silver medallist gemma gibbons has announced her retirement from professionaljudo. she missed out on a place at the rio olympics and turned down an offer of funding in december, while she took time away from the sport to decide her future. she'll now become a pe teacher. the inaugural scottish marathon takes place in the stirling this weekend, incor

breaking news, we're hearing from northumbria police that the former newcastle united coach, george ormondd, charged with 29 sexual offences, alleged to have been committed between 1973 and 1998. and this is part of the wider investigation into allegations of the abuse of children within football, that is being carried out bya football, that is being carried out by a large number of police forces around the uk. more on this as we get it. russia's deputy foreign minister has reportedly condemned the attack by us warplanes on pro—government forces, the us called the air strike a defensive move, defence secretary james mattis insisted the latest attack did not mean washington was increasing its involvement in syria. last month, the americans fired 59 cruise missiles at a syrian government airbase. our reporter has been following the story for us. the strike happened at at tanf, syrian forces loyal to the regime, we understand there may be a militia group, advanced than 20 commissions on close to a base in that area that us and british special forces have been using to train troops in the figh

george ormond, who's 61, will appear before magistrates in newcastle next month.ris has this morning been released from stafford prison. mr harris — who's 87 — was convicted and sentenced in 2014. he is currently on trial facing four counts of indecent assault against three teenage girls that allegedly took place in the 70s and early 80s. he had been appearing by video link but will appear in court in person when the trial resumes on monday. he denies all the charges against him. an inquest into the death of a transgender inmates an inquest into the death of a tra nsgender inmates has an inquest into the death of a transgender inmates has found that the key thomson was let down by a range of services. she had been on the arm for a month before being found dead in a cell in 2015. the inquest found that it had been correct to place her in an all—male gel —— jail, but there were failings by services. the headlines: julian assange has said he does not forgive orforget julian assange has said he does not forgive or forget after julian assange has said he does not forgi

george ormond, who's 61, will appear before magistrates in newcastle next month.has this morning been released from stafford prison. mr harris — who's 87 — was convicted and sentenced in 2014. he is currently on trial facing four counts of indecent assault against three teenage girls that allegedly took place in the 70s and early 80s. he had been appearing by video link but will appear in court in person when the trial resumes on monday. he denies all the charges against him. the headlines: julian assange has said he does not forgive or forget after a swedish prosecutor claimed she was dropping an investigation of rape against him. the prime minister has responded to labour's criticism of conservative ma nifesto labour's criticism of conservative manifesto proposals, saying money released from the change in winter fuel payments would go to health and social. us warplanes operating over syria have attacked a convoy carrying pro—government militia forces, in a mission to protect british and american forces. it comes as president trump embarks on a visit to saudi ara