greg mckenzie, bbc news.aken the stand at his civil trial in new york to deny an allegation that he sexually assaulted a 14—year—old at a house party in 1986. the oscar winner is being sued by the actor anthony rapp, who is now aged 50, who claims the incident happened when they were both working on broadway. 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowes, told us what happened in court. kevin spacey has given a strong defence of himself, as you say, denying that this ever happened. now, when these claims were initially made by anthony rapp in an article a few years ago, kevin spacey issued a statement via twitter in which he said he had no memory of the incident he was accused of being involved in but said that he apologised for what could have been inappropriate drunken behaviour. he is now saying, and he has said in court, that he regrets, essentially, apologising for something that he didn't do, and he says that that statement in part was on the advice of his publicist at the time. peter bows there with the

our correspondent greg mckenzie has more from downing street.ed this afternoon at trafalgar square, as many of the bereaved families headed here to downing street to hand a letter in to the prime minister, cc—ing in the home secretary and also the london mayor. the least we deserve is an acknowledgement that we're here, that we're suffering, that we're bereaved. you know, we've got quite a big campaign going on that so many people have come out to protest and support us. so if they turn a blind eye on this, in my opinion, once again, itjust shows that the british government does not care about the lives of people who have been, who have died in police custody or at the hands of the state. we've come to unite with these families. look at them, amazing warriors for the next generation, and trying to get justice for their own loved ones. rishi needs to step up - and help our families and, most of all, give us legal aid, so we can fight forjustice. . while many of the families are demanding justice, they want answers and they want the system to chan

greg mckenzie, bbc news. three—day event is taking place in brighton. we can talk now to — kate bell, head of economics and rights at the tuc. welcome. thank you for being with us. you represent some 6 million members, is that correct? element that's right. what are your members want to see from the government? they want to see a strategy to get them a pay rise, we got the longest pay squeeze in hundred years, new research out today shows we will have two decades of lost living standards, so fundamentally people want a plan to deal with that, they want a plan to deal with that, they want to plan for decent public services, they want a plan to protect their rights. unfortunately that doesn't seem like what we are hearing from the government right now, really worrying comments from jeremy hunt about difficult decisions, code for cutting public services. ., ., ., .. , decisions, code for cutting public services. ., ., , , . services. you do accept difficult decisions do _ services. you do accept difficult decisi

let us speak to greg mckenzie.and ultimately what happened today was more details were revealed as to the time line, as to the circumstances, which led up to that shooting on the 5th september, in south london, more details have been revealed as to why his car was stopped. the car he was driving was an audi that had been flagged as being involved in a firearms incident the day before, this car had been flagged on a metropolitan police an pr camera and oleate —— ultimately the car chris kaba was driving was following in an unmarked police car for 15 minute, without the blue lightses that the police used. those lights were not used. the car then drove off into a pursuit, really, and ultimately it was stopped in a neighbouring area of streatham, about 15 minutes away, where chris kaba's car was hemmed in, by two police cars and it was here, where one firearm was discharmed, and a single bullet went into the head of chris kaba. now, chris kaba died a short time later in hospital, about two hours later, and it was only

greg mckenzie, bbc news.s have inadequate policies to protect the world's threatened forest regions, in indonesia, the amazon, and west and central africa, despite net—zero pledges made at the global climate summit in glasgow last year. today marks 100 years since the british broadcasting company was created. it started with just four employees and a promise of no news broadcasts before 7pm. one inspiration for creating a service offering entertainment on the airwaves was an experimental programme broadcast from chelmsford in 1922. there's now an exhibition about these maverick pioneers, as david silitto reports. 2l0, marconi house, london, calling. the voice you're listening to is arthur burrows, the man who pretty much came up with the idea of the bbc. he was the first voice ever broadcast on the bbc in 1922. however, when it comes to the idea of using the airwaves for entertainment, there was another pioneer. one of my favourites, hilda matheson, who's also a character in the book i'm doing. 100 years on,