in 2015, gwent police began looking into the case again after fresh claims newton could prove there was—up. but officers stopped when they concluded newton was dead. now, four decades after he made the headlines, gwent police have told the bbc andrew newton might still be alive. they're not saying why they think that, but say they are trying to trace him. norman scott, now in his late 70s, has welcomed the news. i don't think anybody‘s tried hard enough to look for him, i really don't. there must be people who knew him and there would surely be a record of him dying, surely? jeremy thorpe died four years ago, but the case continues to fascinate and the intrigue and the hunt for the truth continues. jon donnison, bbc news. and you can see tom mangold's documentary, the jeremy thorpe scandal, on bbc four tomorrow night at 10pm. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10.30pm and 11.30pm this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are broadcaster john stapleton and kate proctor, political correspondent of the london evening st

this was the moment gwent police arrived at the house where andrew newton is believed to be living, a without meeting him. i can't make any comments at the moment. they want to talk to andrew newton about the jeremy thorpe scandal a0 years ago, a plot to kill jeremy thorpe's former male lover. last year, gwent police said they had tried to find andrew newton, but a cps official later wrote, "i am satisfied that gwent police have carried out all possible lines of inquiry. various key witnesses are now deceased, to include andrew newton himself." jeremy thorpe's former lover was norman scott. it was claimed he was threatening to expose his homosexual relationship with thorpe. thorpe was put on trial for plotting to murder scott, but was cleared. he died four years ago. the whole affair is gripping audiences, with hugh grant playing thorpe in this bbc drama. the programme includes the moment andrew newton kills norman scott's dog, but then sees his gun jam when aiming it at scott. gwent police say they now want to talk to andrew newton to see if he can confirm allegations made by another

when i revealed that, gwent police decided to mountan revealed that, gwent police decided to mount antual, they concluded that andrew newton, the man who shot norman scott's dog, that andrew newton was now dead. well, they seem to have got that wrong and they are now saying andrew newton may be alive. they've reopened the entire investigation into what is a very serious set of allegations. forgive me if interrupting, as is now coming to light there are so many different tangents of conversation that have transpired from your original investigation. and we can see a clip from the documentary now of you talking to norman scott. it looks as if andrew newton may still be alive, despite the fact that gwent police and the cps confirmed his death. what do you make of that? i don't think anybody has tried hard enough to look for him,| has tried hard enough to look for him, i really don't. there must be people who knew him, and there would surely be a record of him dying. surely. i thought they were doing something at last, and soon found out that absolutely they weren't, they would continuing

now, gwent police have told the bbc andrew newton might still be alive, and are trying to trace him.urely be a record of him dying. surely. jeremy thorpe died four years ago, but the case continues to fascinate, and the intrigue and the hunt for the truth continues. jon donnison, bbc news. earlier we heard from panorama‘s reporter, tom mangold — who you just saw in that report. he explained why he thinks the case should be reopened. the new evidence we have uncovered is from a man called dennis meehan, who told me he was part of the original conspiracy to murder norman scott, and that he, meehan, andrew newton, remember the guy who shot rinka, scott‘s dog, and a member of the liberal party, conspired at the ritz cafe in shepherd‘s bush to murder norman scott. meehan was the first person who was hired as the hitman. he went down to barnstaple to kill scott, lost his nerve at the last moment, gave the gun to newton and the rest is history. meehan made a full confession to scotland yard detectives about this. way back in the 70s. that full confession was subsequently disappeared. and in

the gwent police who investigated in 2015 thought he was dead, now it turns out that he may be alive,een reopened and the press were apparently converging on this place in surrey where this man, andrew newton, has been living. it does not seem that anyone managed to speak to him but this seems to be with the police will be directing the inquiries next to find out what exactly happened. you couldn't make it up because tonight with got the third and final instalment, i don't know if you have been watching this drama but it has been gripping. i'd have loved it. it's called a very english scandal. now it's all over the papers as well. indeed. my colleagues were ringing around trying to find andrew newton. there is an astonishing photo of him in the mail on sunday and also in the sunday times wiki is dressed in not very much at a fetish party. one of those photographs, when you see it in the sunday papers you think, gosh! one of the things that i find, it seems extraordinary that all this took place in the 70s. , sexuality was illegal then. jeremy thorpe had an affair with norman scott. ——

now, gwent police have told the bbc andrew newton might still be alive and are trying to trace him.n his late 70s, has welcomed the news. i don't think anybody has tried hard enough to look for him. i really don't. there must be people who knew him and there would surely be a record of him dying. surely. jeremy thorpe died four years ago, but the case continues to fascinate and the intrigue and the hunt for the truth continues. and you can see tom mangold's documentary, the jeremy thorpe scandal, on bbc four tomorrow night at10:00pm. with all the sport, here's john watson at the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. britain's last hope of success in the singles at the french open, kyle edmund, is currently on court at roland garros in paris. he's taking on fabio fognini who's just one place below him in the world rankings. edmund looked to have made the perfect start, racing into a 3—1 lead in the opening set. but then the italian mounted an impressive comeback, winning five games in a row to take the first set. both players have suffered problems, with the briton‘s knee playing up and

now, gwent police have told the bbc andrew newton might still be alive, and are trying to trace him.on't. there must be people who knew him, and there would surely be a record of him dying. surely. jeremy thorpe died four years ago, but the case continues to fascinate, and the intrigue and the hunt for the truth continues. jon donnison, bbc news. the jeremy thorpe scandal is on bbc four this sunday at 10pm. the german state of bavaria has introduced a controversial new law, which requires all public buildings to display a christian cross in their foyer. the man at the centre of the law — regional premier markus soeder — says the crucifix is at the heart of bavaria. but critics have slammed him for politicising a religious symbol to woo far—right, anti—islamists. tiffany wertheimer‘s report contains flash photography. this will be a common sight in bavaria from now on. as of friday morning, nearly all government buildings in the south—eastern german state must display a crucifix. as the law came into effect, its mastermind, premier markus soder, wasn't even in bavaria. he was at the v

in 2015, gwent police began looking into the case again after fresh claims that newton could prove therep. but officers stopped when they concluded newton was dead. now, though, four decades after he made the headlines, gwent police have told the bbc andrew newton might still be alive they are no saying why they believe that but they are trying to trace him. norman scott, now in his late 70s, has welcomed the news. i don't think anybody has tried hard enough to look for him. i really don't. there must be people who knew him and there would surely be a record of him dying, surely. jeremy thorpe died four years ago but the case continues to fascinate and the intrigue and the hunt for the truth continues. jon donnison, bbc news. the breakfast team is here at 6:00. now on bbc news, the story of the iconic 747jumbojet. 50 years ago, man dared to dream. space, speed and size. apollo, concorde and, in 1968, the jumbo jet. the first giant 7117 is presented to the world. people thought that an aeroplane this big just wouldn't fly. over 400 seats — nearly three times existing airliners‘. they bet

now, gwent police have told the bbc andrew newton might still be alive and are trying to trace him. in his late 70s, has welcomed the news. i don't think anybody has tried hard enough to look for him. i really don't. there must be people who knew him and there would surely be a record of him dying, surely. jeremy thorpe died four years ago but the case continues to fascinate and the intrigue and the hunt for the truth continues. jon donnison, bbc news. and you can see tom mangold's documentary the jeremy thorpe scandal on bbc four tomorrow night at 10:00. a war of words has broken out between america and china. it comes after the us accused the chinese of expanding its military presence in the south china sea to intimidate its neighbours. china said the comments, by us defence secretary james mattis, were irresponsible and not worthy of rebuke. mr mattis was speaking at a security summit in singapore. from there, karishma vas—wani has sent this report. —— from there, karishma vaswani has sent this report. the us is here to stay in asia — that is the message us defence secretary jame

in 2015, gwent police began looking into the case again after fresh claims that newton could prove therestopped when they concluded newton was dead. now, though, four decades after he made the headlines, gwent police have told the bbc andrew newton might still be alive they are no saying why they believe that but they are trying to trace him. norman scott, now in his late 70s, has welcomed the news. i don't think anybody has tried hard enough to look for him. i really don't. there must be people who knew him and there would surely be a record of him dying, surely. jeremy thorpe died four years ago but the case continues to fascinate and the intrigue and the hunt for the truth continues. jon donnison, bbc news. and you can see tom mangold's documentary the jeremy thorpe scandal on bbc four at 10pm tonight. the government is warning that the threat to britain from islamist terrorism could increase over the next two years. it will shortly publish a major review of counter—terrorism strategy which will see the security service, m15, share more on what it knows about subjects of concern with

now, gwent police have told the bbc andrew newton might still be alive, and are trying to trace him.has welcomed the news. i don't think anybody has tried hard enough to look for him. i really don't. there must be people who knew him, and there would surely be a record of him dying. surely. jeremy thorpe died four years ago, but the case continues to fascinate, and the intrigue and the hunt for the truth continues. jon donnison, bbc news. the jeremy thorpe scandal is on bbc four this sunday at 10pm. the headlines on bbc news. the us defence secretary warns china over its deployment of missiles in disputed areas of the south china sea. president trump's summit with north korea is back on, confirmation comes after kim jong—un's envoy delivers a large letter to donald trump. visa says its services are now operating at full capacity, after customers across europe were left unable to make payments. in sport, kyle edmund is out of the french open. he went down in five sets to fabio fognini. he was the last british player in the main singles draw. players resumed in the second test against

now though, four decades after he made the headlines, gwent police have told the bbc andrew newton mightrecord of him dying. surely. jeremy thorpe died four years ago, but the case continues to fascinate, and the intrigue and the hunt for the truth continues. jon donnison, bbc news. well, you can see tom mangold's documentary, the jeremy thorpe scandal, on bbc four tomorrow night at 10pm. a war of words has broken out between america and china after the us accused the chinese of using military build up in the south china sea to intimidate its neighbours. china said the comments by us defence secretary james mattis, were irresponsible and not worthy of rebuke. mr mattis was speaking at a security summit in singapore. from there, karishma vaswani has just sent this report. singapore is playing host to the shangri—la dialogue this week and is taking no chances with security. after all, defence ministers and representatives from all over the world a re representatives from all over the world are attending the event, including from the united states and china to stop and whenever the two side

as the result of my revelation on that, gwent police were invited to conduct an investigation into theset ineffectual, because they said, we cannot proceed with this because andrew newton, the third member, is dead. sadly, they have now had to revise their opinion because they don't think andrew newton is dead. so the revelation itself therefore is notjust that andrew newton may well be alive when they thought he was dead, but more importantly, that that was the thing that stopped the investigation, and therefore if he is still alive, the investigation could start again? absolutely. it seems to me the investigation must start again because my guess is, when i knew newton, he was a fit young man, and i would not be surprised at all if he is still alive. tom mangold speaking to me earlier. and his programme, the jeremy thorpe scandal is on bbc four this sunday at 10pm. losing your eyesight brings with it a range of challenges. for mona manahan it meant the simple pleasure of putting on her makeup became near—impossible — so her husband des stepped in to help. this simple gesture of love ev

as a result of my investigation, gwent police were invited to conduct an investigation into these allegationsse they said, we cannot proceed with this because andrew newton, the third member is dead. sadly, they have now had to revise their opinion because they think andrew newton is not dead. and so the revelation itself is notjust that andrew newton may be alive when they thought he was dead, but more importantly that stopped the investigation, and if he is alive, the investigation could start again? absolutely. i think the investigation must start again. when i knew newton, when i interviewed him, he was a fit young man. i would not be as a price that all if he is still alive. tom mangold talking to me earlier. and his programme... the jeremy thorpe scandal is on bbc four this sunday at 10pm. sport now...and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. good morning. let's start at the french open where kyle edmund is in action, the only british player remaining in the singles draw. the british number one in third round action — equalling his best performance at roland