blow for harry dunn's parents. 19—year—old harry dunn's parents. 19—year—old harry was killed when hised in collision outside an raf base in august last year. the car was being driven on the wrong side of the road by american anne sacoolas, whose husband worked at the raf base. she left the country after the united states said she was entitled to diplomatic immunity. her parents and their lawyers are arguing that the foreign & commonwealth office wrongly decided that she had diplomatic immunity, but in the last few minutes the high court has ruled that this was not the case and so harry dunn's parents have lost a high court battle against the foreign office over whether the sun's alleged killer had diplomatic immunity. we will return to more on that story very soon. but picking up on the story that donald trump has accepted that a formal transition of power can take place, joe biden is putting together his team to form his administration where he takes office injanuary. let's have a look at some of the people he has picked. we already know that antony blinken is set to become secretary

so where does this all leave harry dunn's parents?y a setback, but they say they will appeal. they also say they'll askjoe biden to intervene when he takes over the presidency. in a statement tonight, anne sacoolas's legal representative said... anne would like nothing more than to find a path forward and to provide the family some measure of peace. duncan kennedy, bbc news in oxfordshire. you wouldn't know looking at donald trump's most recent posts on twitter, but it does seem as if the president has finally got round to accepting that joe biden did win the us election three weeks ago. he's authorised officials to start cooperating with mr biden‘s transition team, a process which would normally be well under way by now. our north america editorjon sopel joins me now from the white house. jon? so, has he finally accepted defeat? george, the great gift that richard nixon and the watergate era gave the english language was the non—denial denial. last night, from donald trump we got the non—concession concession. in a series of tweets h

there will be no solace to the family of harry dunn, my heart is with them, we have made clear that weface justice. harry's parents appealed again for anne sacoolas to come back to britain to face justice. they say they will appeal today's court ruling and they will not give up the fight for their son. aston villa captain jack grealish has pleaded guilty to two charges of careless driving, including one offence in connection with a crash during march's coronavirus lockdown. the england international admitted an offence in connection with a collision involving his range rover on march 29th, six days after restrictions were imposed nationwide. grealish also admitted a second charge of careless driving relating to allegations he drove without due care and attention on the m112 in october. 20 years after they disappeared, cambridge university library now says that two of charles darwin's notebooks have been stolen. —— probably been stolen. for years they'd worked on the theory that the small books — worth millions — had simply been put back in the wrong place. but they still can't find the

there will be no solace to the family of harry dunn, my heart is with them, we have made clear that weontinue to call for anne sacoolas to return to face justice. harry's parents appealed again for anne sacoolas to come back to britain to face justice. they say they will appeal today's court ruling and they will not give up the fight for their son. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in oxfordshire. more now on a covid christmas, and religious services with congregations attending church will go ahead — rather than having to watch online — following the government's announcement yesterday that restrictions on places of worship are to be eased once the national lockdown ends next week. the prime minister confirmed that collective worship can resume in all three tiers, subject to social distancing, after church leaders had appealed to the government to let churches re—open for the christmas period. let's speak now to the reverend professor gina radford, vicar of south brent and rattery in devon and also former deputy chief medical officer for england. she has been advising the church of england on

harry dunn had been a carefree teenager when he met his death in august 2019.y a car driven by a woman driving on the wrong side of the road. she was anne sacoolas, the wife of an american technical assistant at a nearby us military base. soon after the crash, ms sacoolas left britain, claiming diplomatic immunity. but harry's parents, charlotte and tim, refused to accept that and went to the united states to try to get ms sacoolas to come back. that failed, so they launched a judicial review to ask the british courts if ms sacoolas had diplomatic immunity. today they heard they had lost their case and that the high court ruled ms sacoolas had immunity. it is upsetting, of course, but it is just a blip, just another hurdle. we have come across many of them. yes, we have. we are going to keep going. foreign secretary dominic raab said thejudges had ruled in his favour over immunity, but he said he felt for harry's parents. there will be no solace to the family of harry dunn, my heart is with them, we have made clear right from the outset that we are on their sid

so where does this all leave harry dunn's parents?they'll askjoe biden to intervene when he takes over the presidency. in a statement tonight, anne sacoolas's legal representative said... anne would like nothing more than to find a path forward and to provide the family some measure of peace. duncan kennedy, bbc news in oxfordshire. cambridge university library has announced that two notebooks written by charles darwin, worth many millions of pounds, have been missing for twenty years. one of them contains the nineteenth century scientist's famous tree of life sketch, exploring the evolutionary relationship between species. following a number of intensive searches, curators have now concluded they have probably been stolen — and they've launched a public appeal for help in trying to find them. our arts correspondent rebecca jones has this exclusive report. imagine losing something in here. cambridge university library is vast. 200 kilometres of shelving, 10 million books, maps and manuscripts and amongst it all, two missing notebooks

harry's death by dangerous driving. but by that time had left britain for the us claiming diplomatic immunity. the dunn's mother charlotte charles, and the dunn family lawyer radd seiger. thank you so much forjoining us, and first another you have been through so much and i'm sorry that you had to go through this today, cani you had to go through this today, can i ask for your reaction? we were bitterly disappointed when we first found out the decision. but we were partly expecting it as well. if anyone knows this the way they should by now we've always got a plan b. the paperwork for the appeal has already been submitted. we have just taken it on the chin, if you like. asjust just taken it on the chin, if you like. as just another just taken it on the chin, if you like. asjust another blip in the road, just another hurdle that we've got to get over. the promise i made to my son is a strong as the night i made that promise to him, and we are not giving up. are you hopeful, may charlotte that president electjoe biden may be able to help and intervene in this case to ensure that justice is done? interven

harry dunn, who was 19, died after his motorbike collided with a car being driven on the wrong side ofto universities in england setting out how students can return home safely for christmas without causing a spike in coronavirus infections. they'll be given staggered departure dates in the week to december the 9th, by which point all lectures and seminars will move online. similar plans will be announced in scotland and wales today. the government has also asked universities to offer students rapid, voluntary tests for covid—i9. danjohnson has this report. a negative test result could be the passport students need for the journey home at christmas with a week set aside at the end of england's lockdown as a travel window to return to their families. departures will be staggered by universities to manage the numbers moving each day. it should lift the question mark that's been hanging over christmas for many students like millie in bournemouth, hoping to head home to essex. me and a lot of my friends are quite stressed about it really because there's so much talk about whether we can ac

the parents of harry dunn lose a high court challenge against the foreign office after an american womannother blip. we've come across many of them. yes, we have. so we're going to keep going. from the history section to the crime section — the missing darwin notebooks that cambridge university library now

the parents of harry dunn, who died after his motorbike was involved in a crash outside an raf base inver whether their son's alleged killer had diplomatic immunity. anne sacoolas — who was accused of driving on the wrong side of the road — was allowed to leave the uk after he died. scotland has become the first nation in the world to pass legislation making products for periods freely available. the scottish parliament voted unanimously in favour of the period products bill, which makes it a legal right to have free access to sanitary products in public buildings. changes to quarantine rules mean people arriving in england from abroad from 15th december will be able to more than halve their time in isolation, if they pay for a covid test after five days. the tests from private firms will cost between £65 and £120. a committee of mps says government attempts to pass a law that would make leasehold flat owners pay for building defects such as flammable cladding and fire safety defects a mou nts to "an abdication of responsibility". their highly critical report says nobody believes lease

harry dunn, who was 19, died after his motorbike collided with a car being driven on the wrong side ofcoolas was driving. she's the wife of a us intelligence officer and she returned to the us after the crash last year. mr dunn's parents are disputing the foreign office's insistence that she was entitled to claim immunity. the treasury is being challenged to help thousands of home owners trapped on legacy high interest rate mortgages, the so called "mortgage prisoners." they are people whose circumstances have changed, and with stricter lending rules, cannot move to cheaper deals. a report on mortgage prisonerse being published today by the london school of economics highlights the urgent need to unlock 250,000 people trapped in unaffordable mortgages. let's get more on this from our economics correspondent andy verity. tell us about the sort of people who are trapped and find themselves find themselves in different financial circumstances because of the pandemic on these side first rate mortgages. they are people like you and me, any homeowner, and mostly they took their mortgages out

hosted or justice for a 19—year—old global vaccine summit that we hosted orjustice for a 19—year—old harry dunnrthe uk here, we ran him down. the really big lesson for the uk here, we have got to start repairing for the uk here, we have got to start re pairing those for the uk here, we have got to start repairing those relationships. the foreign secretary cast doubt on the result in a tweet that he sent. i think borisjohnson needs to reach out to joe biden i think borisjohnson needs to reach out tojoe biden pretty i think borisjohnson needs to reach out to joe biden pretty quickly. i think borisjohnson needs to reach out tojoe biden pretty quickly. the best place that they could start would be to reach out and assure that the good friday agreement would never that the good friday agreement would never be used for bargaining. when the us president—elect is doing more to stand up for people in northern ireland, people in the united kingdom than the government. lisa nandy, thank you very much. for those of you watching, we are going to leave it there, mainly because the line is coming in and out.