17—year—old boy has been found guilty of the murder of holly newton, who was stabbed to death in hexham2023. the uk considers a ban on smoking in outdoor gardens. in america, kamala harris, gives her first tv interview, since becoming the democratic nominee, for the white house. there's to be a pause in the fighting in gaza, to allow the vaccination of thousands of children, against polio. there are growing concerns, over the way evidence was presented in the trials of the nurse lucy letby, found guilty of killing seven babies, hello, i'm samantha simmonds. the grieving mother of a teenage girl who was murdered in a �*frenzied knife attack,�* in northumberland in 2023, has told a court her "beautiful girl, was cruelly taken away." today, a jury found a 17—year—old boy, whom we can't name because of his age, guilty of the murder of holly newton, in hexham. on the night she died, he'd followed her for around 45 minutes, before convincing holly to speak to him. she'd already complained about the boy "stalking" her hours before, and her mother had arranged a meeting with police, that very e

17—year—old boy, whom we can't name because of his age, guilty of the murder of holly newton, in hexhamt on cctv. the teenager, seen on the right here, stabbed and slashed 15—year—old holly more than 30 times injust one minute in the market town of hexham on 27 january last year. the attack was so brutal and sustained that the knife broke during it. holly was taken to hospital but couldn't be saved. this is truly a tragic case, in which a 15—year—old girl, with so much to look forward to in life, has had her future taken away. holly was a very popular girl and is sorely missed by so many. the boy, who was 16 at the time and has autism, had been following holly for 45 minutes before the attack took place. he'd even turned up at holly's house the night before, and a meeting had been arranged with police to discuss his behaviour. they agreed to come out at four o'clock on the friday, so i told holly, and she said, "but i was supposed to be "going out with my friends tonight," and she'd begged me fora good... i don't know, half an hour, 45 minutes. "but, mam, i want to go out, i want to go

a 17—year—old boy, whom we can't name because of his age, guilty of the murder of holly newton in hexham the night she died, he'd followed her for around 45 minutes before convincing holly to speak to him. she'd already complained about the boy stalking her hours before, and her mother had arranged a meeting with police that very evening. alison freeman has our top story. these are the moments before holly newton went into an alleyway with her killer, caught on cctv. the teenager, seen on the right here, stabbed and slashed 15—year—old holly more than 30 times injust one minute in the market town of hexham on the 27th of january last year. the attack was so brutal and sustained that the knife broke during it. holly was taken to hospital but couldn't be saved. this is truly a tragic case, in which a 15—year—old girl, with so much to look forward to in life, has had her future taken away. holly was a very popular girl and is sorely missed by so many. the boy, who was 16 at the time and has autism, had been following holly for 45 minutes before the attack took place. he'd even turned up at

a 17—year—old boy has been convicted of murdering holly newton by stabbing her to death in hexham, inwas wounded when her killer attacked them in an alleyway injanuary after she had left school. let's find out more about the story and we'll find out more in the next few minutes. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. to paris now, where french president emmanuel macron has met with the british prime minister, keir starmer, at the elysee palace. the prime minister travelled from berlin to paris to hold more meetings designed to show the uk wants to "reset" its relationship with the european union following years of post—brexit turmoil. both leaders reaffirmed their desire to deepen bilateral relations and reiterated their call for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. let's speak to our foreign correspondent bethany bell, who is in paris. bethany, hello to you. how did this visit build on that meeting in paris yesterday with the german chancellor?- the german chancellor? again this message _ the german chancellor? again this message from _ the german chancellor? again this mes

holly newton suffered 36 injuries in a knife attack in hexham.side newcastle crown court. just give us the background to this case. , , , ., this case. yes, this is a crime that really — this case. yes, this is a crime that really shot _ this case. yes, this is a crime that really shot the _ this case. yes, this is a crime that really shot the incrediblyj that really shot the incredibly quiet market town of hexham in northumberland in the north of england back injanuary of last year. now holly newton have been working in the town with friends when a boy she knew had approached her. the court heard he had been following herfor about 45 minutes before he made himself known to her and persuaded her to go into an alleyway, where he brutally stabbed her. she suffered more than 30 stab and slash wounds, and the attack was so vicious and the attack was so vicious and sustain that the knife broke during it. the defendant, a boy who was 60 at the time and is now aged 17 and cannot be named because of his age, claimed that he had been carrying that knife w

holly suffered 36 injuries in a knife attack in hexham.boy "stalking" her hours before she was repeatedly stabbed and her mother had arranged a meeting with police for that evening to discuss her concerns. let's speak now to our correspondent alison freeman, who's outside newcastle crown court for us now. a deeply distressing case, alison. tell us about the scenes in court today? yes, there were sighs of relief and cheers from the public gallery when the 17—year—old boy, who can't be named because of his age, was found guilty of murdering holly newton, who wasjust 15, back guilty of murdering holly newton, who was just 15, back injanuary of last year. the court had already heard that the boy, who was 16 at the time, had followed holly for around 45 minutes before making himself known to her in the town centre and persuading her to go into the alleyway where he carried out a brutal and sustained attack. the attack was so sustained that the knife broke during it. she was stabbed and slashed a total of 36 times. the boy admitted manslaughter,

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her. 15—year—old holly newton suffered more than 30 injuries during the attack in an alley way in hexhamporter. we can get more from our reporter callum tulley she was followed home from school and she was followed by a boy, he was 16 years old at the time. he followed herfor an hour before stabbing her in an alleyway multiple times. it caused outrage across the uk and afterwards rishi sunak said that his government — he was the prime minister at the time— needed to do more to combat knife crime. she had complained that the boy was stalking her, hours before he repeatedly stabbed her. holly's mum was meant to meet with police on the day that holly was murdered because the night before this boy had turned up the night before this boy had turned up at their home uninvited and holly's mother has been speaking to the media outside the courtroom. let's have a listen to that. to think that _ let's have a listen to that. to think that holly should have been collecting her gcse exam results last week, but instead our baby girl's _ last week, but instead our baby girl's future was cruelly taken a

hollie newton suffered 36 knife injuries after an attack in hexham in northumberland in january of lasteard hollie had told a friend just hours before being stabbed that the youth was basically stalking her. a 17 year old boy, who cannot be named, admitted a charge of manslaughter but

hollie newton suffered 36 knife injuries after an attack in hexham in northumberland. that's in january of last year. the court previously heard hollie had told a friend just hours before being stabbed that the youth was basically stalking her. a 17 year old boy, who cannot be named, admitted a charge of manslaughter but denied murder, claiming his mind went blank that day and he had only intended to take his own life. and train driver strikes at london north eastern railway have been called off following last ditch talks between union and company officials. more than 20 days of strikes were planned on weekends in the next few months, after the union claimed there had been a breakdown in industrial relations. but aslef said strike action is now suspended and drivers will report for duty as normal. the development follows meetings between the union and the company . those are the latest gb company. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sophia wenzler more in an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning t

a 17—year—old boy has been found guilty of murdering holly newton, in the town of hexham last januaryan. and a warning — this may be distressing for some viewers. it's a bit like a movie. do you know when you just see flashbacks of things? and i remember i really just got out of the car and ran. seen the paramedics working on holly, and came back out and told her, "you don't go down there. it's not something you want to see, or need to see." how was that for you though, to see her like that? it's going to haunt us for the rest of my life. holly newton was a funny, sociable 15—year—old who loved to dance and wanted to become a dance teacher. on friday, the 27th of january last year, she'd finished school and gone into hexham to spend time with herfriends. but the 15—year—old didn't know that as she walked around the northumberland town, she was being followed by a 16—year—old boy she knew. after tracking her for 45 minutes, the teenager made himself known to her outside of a pizza shop. less than 15 minutes later, he was attacking her with a knife in the alleyway next to it. another bo

hollie newton suffered 36 knife injuries after an attack in hexham in northumberland in january of last year. the court previously heard hollie had told a friend just hours before being stabbed that the youth was basically stalking her. a 17 year old boy, who cannot be named, admitted a charge of manslaughter but denied murder, claiming his mind went blank that day and he had only intended to take his own life. train driver strikes at london nonh train driver strikes at london north eastern railway have been called off following last ditch talks between union and company officials. more than 20 days of strikes were planned on weekends in the next few months, after the union claimed there had been a breakdown in industrial relations. but aslef said strike action is now suspended and drivers will report for duty as normal. the development follows meetings between the union and the company, and teenage swimmer poppy the company, and teenage swimmer poppy maskell created history with britain's first gold of the paris 2024 paralympics. the 19 year old's time of one minute and three seconds b

hollie newton suffered 36 knife injuries after an attack in hexham in northumberland in january of lastr. the court previously heard hollie had told a friend just hours before being stabbed that the youth was basically stalking her. a 17 year old boy, who cannot be named, admitted a charge of manslaughter but denied murder, claiming his mind went blank that day and he had only intended to take his own life . intended to take his own life. nine children and two adults have been taken to hospital after a chlorine leak was reported in a northwest london swimming pool. everyone active sports centre in wembley was evacuated this afternoon as a precaution and is closed until further notice. now two people have been arrested after a man on a mobility scooter was stabbed to death in clapton in east london yesterday. the victim has been named as 38 year old jade anthony barnett, who lost his leg in a motorbike accident in two thousand and seven. he's been described by friends and family as cheerful and caring . and oasis fans can and caring. and oasis fans can finally rejoice. ticket prices for

hollie newton suffered 36 knife injuries after an attack in hexham in northumberland in january of last year. the court previously heard hollie had told a friend just hours before being stabbed that the youth was basically stalking her. a 17 year old boy, who cannot be named, admitted a charge of manslaughter but denied murder, claiming his mind went blank that day and he had only intended to take his own life. train driver strikes at london nonh train driver strikes at london north eastern railway have been called off following last ditch talks between union and company officials. more than 20 days of strikes were planned on weekends in the next few months, after the union claimed there had been a breakdown in industrial relations. but tweeted to congratulate her on her fantastic achievement. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. now headliners for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you sophia and hello and welcome to headliners. you run through the

holly newton suffered 36 knife injuries after an attack in hexham in northumberland in january of last just hours before being stabbed that the youth was basically stalking her. a 17 year old boy, who cannot be named, admitted a charge of manslaughter but denied murder, claiming his mind went blank that day and he had only intended to take his own life and some more breaking news. in the last half hour, nine children and two adults have been taken to hospital after a reported chemical leak in a swimming pool in north london. london ambulance service said they were called to the incident at everyone active sports centre in vale farm in wembley, after reports of a chlorine leak. the centre has now been evacuated as a precaution and is closed until further notice . in other news, further notice. in other news, the prime minister has vowed to do more to reduce smoking after confirming his government could ban it in some outside spaces, according to what the sun newspaper says are secret whitehall papers, ministers are considering making it illegal to light up in outdoor restaurants , light