will think, no, if people here in greater manchester willthink, no, if you've people here in greater, no, if you've left this country and walked away and joined a group plotting to harm us that you don't come back. how does the situation on the ground in eastern syria look like? charlie dagata from cbs news has more on the fight against islamic state. the final battle is in its final phase, with asus pinned down to an area of around a quarter square mile, that is the update we got from the commander of the us backed syrian democratic forces. he said the final asus village had not yet fallen but his ground forces were holding fire in moving forward cautiously because so many civilians remain trapped as human shields. military officials here say these have underestimated the number of civilians in the village when they launched the offensive to crush the last rem na nts launched the offensive to crush the last remnants of the so—called caliphate one week ago. first estimated to be around 1500 people, more than twice that many have since plotted out this week, including many isis famili

they were aware of an alleged assault after the match at the arena and they were working with greater manchesterto ascertain more information. club staff remain in germany to support the family and it is my understanding that a number member of staff this afternoon was flown over from manchester with the match was played, and soon after there was a statement from greater manchester. please confirm that it was a british man and urging people to come forward with any information. recently we have received a statement from german police and i will read it to you 110w. police and i will read it to you now. shortly before the end of the fixture, there was a violent confrontation of the walkway in front of the away fan stand between two supporters in the skirmish, the 32—year—old englishman received a blow from a fist which knocked him to the floor and falling, he suffered a massive trauma to his skull and brain. after he received medical first skull and brain. after he received medicalfirst aid on skull and brain. after he received medical first aid on the spot, emergency vehicle took him for inpatie

firefighters are tackling a moorland fire near stalybridge, greater manchester.9pm this evening. crews from ashton, stalybridge, hyde, oldham and bolton north are using specialist moorland firefighting gear to control the blaze. millions of workers could see their take—home pay fall from april, when the amount they have to put into their pension pot increases. since 2012, ten million eligible workers have been automatically signed up to workplace pensions, and from april, their contribution will rise from 3% of their salary to 5%. here's our business correspondent rob young. building up a pension pot — sacrificing part of our wages today to pay for a more comfortable retirement. since 2012, 10 million eligible workers have been automatically enrolled in a workplace pension. from april, many of those employees will have to put a bigger proportion of their pay into their auto—enrolment pension pot. according to an analysis of earnings, the annual take—home pay of someone earning £15,000 a year will be £49 lower, if they pay contributions on their entire salary. som

greater manchester police later apologised and launched an investigation.se the graffiti was barem was actually on friday the eighth. we had just moved into a new flat on the third. i woke up in the morning, i normally drop him to school before setting off to work. as i was getting ready i tried to put on my shoes and i opened the door. that's when i realised there was a graffiti on the door. he called me, there is something written on the door. i said, what is written on the door? i came to see for myself and i saw the "no blacks" messages on the door, that was on friday morning. what did you think when you saw it? when i first saw it i thought someone might be waiting there to see our reaction or it might just be waiting there to see our reaction or it mightjust be a joke. i didn't know it was going to really happen. did it upset you? yes, i was terrified, my dad told me to come out but i wanted to stay indoors because i thought someone was waiting. how did you feel about seeing that someone had put that on your door? the first reaction was for my son bei

the labour mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, has disputed president's trump comments.g to sky news, mr burnham said anyone who left the uk to fight for the islamic state group shouldn't have an automatic right to return. if somebody leaves this country and joins a group that is actively plotting to harm and kill people in this country, it surely cannot be right that those people come and walk straight back in when it is convenient. i know some of those caught up in the manchester attack feel very strongly about this situation because of the echoes with the situation that happened there. so, no, i don't believe donald trump is right about this. i understand the legal complexities that the government will be facing but i would think the vast majority of people here in greater manchester will think, no, if you've left this country and walked away and joined a group plotting to harm us that you don't come back. we have news coming into us that the lawyer representing shamima begum's family, the 19—year—old who went to syria, who is still in a refugee camp in syria, who lef

thaker if you are heading out on a journey, particularly out to greater manchester where we see poore getting at the sun —— back to you. we have some lovely pictures from brighton from yesterday. it looked tropical. properly sunny and summary. it is time to watch a film. let's take a look at this week's film review with ben brown and jason solomons. hello there and welcome to the film review on bbc news. taking us through this week's cinema releases is jason solomons. ah, jason, what treats do you have for us this week? this week we're in the snows of colorado for the controversial cold pursuit, which finds liam neeson ploughing a rampage of revenge through the icy blasts. we're on the streets of beirut — if you have tears to shed. prepare yourself for capernaum, about a boy and a baby on the mean streets. we're also looking at rbg, ruth bader ginsburg. as felicity jones plays in a courtroom drama, a biotech which rights the scales of injustice of injustice and sexual equality. let's start than with cold pursuit, as you say, surrounded by controversy because of that interview that li

one of 31 schools across greater manchester trialling a new way of improving mental health.nal well—being and we need to address that. it's a really, really urgent problem. tell me how you feel as you stood there waiting. excitement. tension. just pressure. we are using some different activities that help us to bring to life how you might feel when you're under pressure, but also what strategies and tools you might use to cope with the pressure in that moment. the more and more things that we add to our day the more pressure we feel. i feel like the physical activities almost help in a different kind of way because you don't realise when you're stressed that your body is tense and the problems it can cause, other things. i think in today's society there's a lot of pressures on what you need to do, how you need to act. so coming to a quiet session like this, you canjust calm yourself down and be yourself in a safe environment. just try and keep that focus on that finger moving around your hand. as well as classes run by the youth sport trust, relaxation and counselling sessio

you can see he ran into the bull's head in greater manchester in the early hours of saturday morning. a supposedly empty house and finding this. this huge tiger was found by two people when they entered a vacant property in houston, texas. is it that tiger? i think it was that tiger. 0k. animal control officers managed to cage the female tiger before she was taken to a sanctuary, where she is said to be doing well. the police are investigating who owns the house and how the tiger got there. excuse me, mrs tiger, how did you get there? how did you have a tiger in your house? the tiger who came to tea. exactly. i do in your house? the tiger who came to tea. exactly. ido know in your house? the tiger who came to tea. exactly. i do know that tiger who came to tea. that is one that i do know. the number of people who came up to me yesterday to set they love flight of the navigator. louise has never seen it. i will. you need to get with it. only on the film references. 6:35am. shall i take over now? yes, what's happening? trying to think of the tiger references, the toothless tiger manchest

the former chief constable of greater manchester police, thank you.s up for debate are being mentioned before we get into the debate proper. there are ten amendments ranging from another referendum, to let's have an indicative vote. most of them will not get voted on and i do not think any will get passed. we really have to focus on the government motion and, as things stand, no one is blinking. number 10 say they will not twea k blinking. number 10 say they will not tweak the motion to take on board the concerns of brexiteers. brexiteers are accusing the government of putting down a quote, gratuitously divisive motion. as things stand, mrs may would appear to be heading towards defeat. i am joined by a brexiteer, andrew bridgen, and given where we are in the brexit process, key negotiations under way, clock ticking down, why do you not just under way, clock ticking down, why do you notjust calm down, get on board, give mrs mason space? the problem is that the government '5 so—called neutral motion implies implicit support for the amendment we voted o

all, across south—west england, quite grey around the midlands, certainly through merseyside, greater manchestervisibility down to below 100 metres in places. we are looking at the risk of transport disruption, might be worth allowing an extra bit of time for yourjourney might be worth allowing an extra bit of time for your journey if you might be worth allowing an extra bit of time for yourjourney if you are setting off over the next hour but the good news is the focal clear. scotland, england, wales, for the first part looking fine and sunny. northern ireland missing out on sunshine for most of the day, cloudy and breezy but not cold. temperatures around 11 degrees in belfast, where we see sunshine it will be one for the time of year. highs today of 16—17d. around eight 01’ highs today of 16—17d. around eight or9 highs today of 16—17d. around eight or 9 degrees warmer than it should be at this time of year. these temperatures we see are more like those we would normally get in the late pa rt of those we would normally get in the late part of may. overnight tonight we keep clear weather for eng

one of 31 schools across greater manchester trialling a new way of improving mental health. urgent problem. tell me how you feel as you stood there waiting. excitement. tension. just pressure. we are using some different activities that help us to bring to life how you might feel when you're under pressure, but also what strategies and tools you might use to cope if with the pressure in that moment. the more and more things that we add to our day, the more pressure we feel. i feel like the physical activities almost help in a different kind of way because you don't realise when you're stressed that your body is tense and the problems it can cause, other things. i think in today's society there's a lot of pressures on what you need to do, how you need to act. so coming to a quiet session like this, you canjust calm yourself down and be yourself in a safe environment. just try and keep that focus on that finger moving around your hand. as well as classes run by the youth sport trust, relaxation and counselling sessions are also available. student mental health ambassadors have

firefighters have tackled a large blaze on moorland in greater manchester overnight.e metres of a hill near stalybridge, close to the scene of last summer's major fires. it was extinguished within two and a half hours. the cause is not yet known. one of the world's most successful track athletes, caster semenya, will today challenge in court controversial plans to limit testosterone levels in female athletes. the sport's governing body wants athletes with a higher—than—normal level of male hormones to take medication before they compete, to ensure races are fair. 0ur sport news correspondent, richard conway reports. caster semenya has been dominant in the 800 metres for the past decade. the south african star has won gold at the olympics and, this autumn, she wants another world championship medal. but that quest, and her long—term future in the sport, are now in doubt. new regulations will require female athletes with high testosterone levels to take medication to lower the level of the hormone for six months prior to competing. her lawyers will claim that is discrim

131 schools across greater manchester trialling a new way of improving mental health.feel when you are under pressure, but also what strategies and tools you might use to cope with the pressure in that moment. more and more things that we add to our day, the more pressure we feel. i feel like a physical almost helping, like, a different kind of way, like honour because you don't realise when you are so stressed that your body is tense, and you have, like, problem is that it can cause the other things.” have, like, problem is that it can cause the other things. i think today's society there is a lot of pressures on what you need to do, how you need to act, so just coming toa how you need to act, so just coming to a quiet session like this, you just come yourself down and be yourself in a safe environment. just try and keep it focused on that finger moving around your hand. as well as classes run by the youth sport trust, relaxation and counselling sessions are also available. student mental health ambassadors have been appointed who are there to help fellow pupils, many

it is fairto greater manchester, merseyside.re is a lot of pride at that plant for what they have achieved, and the enormous engineering, logistical exercise that goes into creating those planes. most of the wings made at broughton are flown to the final assembly plant in toulouse. i have been there many times, to both plants, and the issue with the a380, those wings are too big to get on a plane so they have to be shipped to the south of france and taken to the finally assembled plant. over the yea rs finally assembled plant. over the years they have been very proud of how the supply chain has developed. in the context of that background, today pots make decision is a real blow and i think you have to say it's a real blow from a courtship there were corporate strategic side of things. just over ten years ago the company made a real punt by getting these enormous aircraft into the market and i think it has been fascinating today to hear from so many aviation experts who have, with the benefit of hindsight, admittedly, made the p

as i say, you west yorkshire fire crews and crews from greater manchester will be continuing to battleen problems, also a number of fires there have been problems, also a number offires in there have been problems, also a number of fires in other parts the country, one in edinburgh and one down in east sussex or difficult time forfire crews. down in east sussex or difficult time for fire crews. we know he will be there watching on. thank you. us president donald trump and north korean leader kimjong un will hold their second summit in the vietnamese capital of hanoi today. the pair held their first historic meeting injune last year, where a pledge was made to work towards the complete denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. however, negotiations have made little headway since then. we can now speak to our south east asia correspondentjonathan head, who is in hanoi. some of it is about the staging, isn't it, how this is happening. then there is the business of what they might talk about. absolutely. it's still a novelty, the idea that a north korean leader can be seen coming to anothe

manchester and bristol will also shut. the new owners say they'll focus on giving customers more of what they want, including a greater selectionv stores have been a huge part of life for music fans — and for some of music's biggest artists. now, while a hundred stores have been saved, 27 are being shut down, including the one where it all started almost a hundred years ago in london's oxford street. today's would—be shoppers perhaps an illustration of hmv‘s falling relevance to younger, online heavy consumers, and its continuing value to others. people are ordering online, they're streaming, and really there's still a crowd of people who want to come and browse. we rely on so many other things, streaming music, we stream tv, we stream films, and they've got to find a business model so they can survive. enter doug putnam, owner of canadian retailer sunrise records, hmv‘s new owners. we took over, you know, 80 some odd stores in canada almost two and a half years ago, and they're doing strong, doing well, profitable. we see hmv continuing on in the uk for a long time. the challenges are significant.

manchester and bristol will also shut. the new owners say they'll focus on giving customers more of what they want, including a greater selectiontores have been a huge part of life for music fans — and for some of music's biggest artists. now, while 100 stores have been saved, 27 are being shut down, including the one where it all started almost 100 years ago, on london's oxford street. today's would—be shoppers perhaps an illustration of hmv‘s falling relevance to younger, online heavy consumers, and its continuing value to others. people are ordering online, they're streaming, and really there is still a crowd of people who want to come and browse. we rely on so many other things now, streaming music, we stream tv, we stream films, and they've got to find a business model so they can survive. enter doug putnam, owner of canadian retailer sunrise records, hmv‘s new owners. we took over, you know, 80 some odd stores in canada almost two and a half years ago, and they're doing strong, doing well, profitable. we see hmv continuing on in the uk for a long time. the challenges are significant. hmv once made its money from huge sale

alleged assault after the match and they we re assault after the match and they were working with greater manchester another member of staff have this afternoon flown over from manchester to wear the match was played. there was a statement from greater manchester police confirming it was a british man and urging people to come forward with information. more recently, we have received a statement from german police. i will read it to you now. at around 1050 local time, 950 in the read it to you now. at around 1050 localtime, 950 in the uk, read it to you now. at around 1050 local time, 950 in the uk, there was a violent confrontation on the walkway between two supporters of schalke and manchester city. a32—year—old englishman received a blow from a fist which knocked him to the floor. he suffered a massive trauma to his skull and brain. after he received medicalfirst aid on the spot, an emergency vehicle took him for inpatient treatment and hospital. he remains in acute danger for his life at the present time. that does all the information we know. very concerning incident to emerge from what a great

one of 31 schools across greater manchester trialling a new way of improving mental health.ell me how you feel as you stood there waiting. excitement. tension. just pressure. we are using some different activities that help us to bring to life how you might feel when you're under pressure, but also what strategies and tools you might use to cope with the pressure in that moment. the more and more things that we add to our day the more pressure we feel. i feel like the physical activities almost help in a different kind of way because you don't realise when you're stressed that your body is tense and the problems it can cause, other things. i think in today's society there's a lot of pressures on what you need to do, how you need to act. so coming to a quiet session like this, you canjust calm yourself down and be yourself in a safe environment. just try and keep that focus on that finger moving around your hand. as well as classes run by the youth sport trust, relaxation and counselling sessions are also available. student mental health ambassadors have been appointed who ar

dense fog around the liverpool area, merseyside, into the greater manchester area.the risk of transport disruption on the rose with poor driving conditions lasting for the next couple of hours. the mist and fog will lift for most areas and we will see sunshine coming through, particularly through the afternoon. in many cases clear blue skies. in northern ireland, cloudy and breezy today. not cool. the 11 in belfast. elsewhere we will see the temperatures reach 16— 17 celsius. when we compare that with where the temperatures should be at this time of year, the highs of around eight or nine celsius higher than they should be, more like those of late may than late february. overnight tonight we will keep the clear skies across england and wales. more cloud for northern ireland and scotland. rain working into the north—west of the uk. mist and fog patches forming once again. it will be a cold night across southern england with rural areas potentially getting down to about minus four celsius in the cold spots. not quite so called for northern ireland scotland. the weathe

city say they are working with greater manchester police and german police and some staff have stayede evans will make history when she becomes one of two female players to compete on television in the final stages of a world ranking event in the uk. evans is preparing to play jimmy white at the snooker shoot out this evening, while emma parker takes on india's laxman rawat tomorrow. timing is everything in the event, with a limit of 15 seconds allowed per shot in the one—frame matches. i've just i'vejust got to i've just got to hope that the nerves calmed me down a little bit and don't take over my playing. knowingjimmy, and don't take over my playing. knowing jimmy, i'm hoping and don't take over my playing. knowingjimmy, i'm hoping it will stand me in good stead, let me feel more comfortable on the table. obviously it's not your traditional snooker so it's not going to be really quiet and things like that, so it's going to be a lot harder to concentrate, i think, so it's going to be a lot harder to concentrate, ithink, but so it's going to be a lot harder to concentrate, i think, b