hugh schofield on bernard taie that. hugh schofield on bernard ta - ie who that.died at _ that. hugh schofield on bernard tapie who has died at the - that. hugh schofield on bernard tapie who has died at the age i that. hugh schofield on bernard | tapie who has died at the age of that. hugh schofield on bernard - tapie who has died at the age of 78. pedro sanchez has just announced an extra e200,000,000 emergency help for temporary. the volcano has got worse, two new streams of lava threatening disruption. thousands of people have been forced to evacuate since the eruption first began in september. our correspondent danjohnson dan johnson has been danjohnson has been giving us this update. there doesn�*t appear to be any sign of this eruption ending, two weeks on the only indication is that the volcano is even more active thanit that the volcano is even more active than it was when it started. there is more and more lava flowing from the events that have opened up and it is heading down to the sea, but putting more homes and properties, more villages at risk as it

that was hugh schofield. - but all over the world. that was hugh schofield.n fighters have launched attacks on suspected islamic state militant hideouts hours after a blast outside a mosque killed eight people. some residents said they heard an explosion followed by heavy gunfire. earlier, i asked our south asia editor for the latest on the blast. ., ., . , editor for the latest on the blast. ., ., ., , ., blast. no-one has admitted responsibility _ blast. no-one has admitted responsibility so _ blast. no-one has admitted responsibility so far - blast. no-one has admitted responsibility so far for - blast. no-one has admitted responsibility so far for this | responsibility so far for this blast outside the mosque in kabul, one of the biggest in the eastern part of the city. a day earlier the taliban had announced that there would be a memorial service for the late mother of the taliban's spokesperson and the debiting ministerfor spokesperson and the debiting minister for information. spokesperson and the debiting ministerfor information. and what is striking

hugh schofield on _ people really admire that.n bernard tapie who died today at the age of 78. thank you very much. more now from the conservative party conference. the prime minister has been talking about the fuel delivery crisis describing it as fundamentally up to industry to sort out the problems on logistics. speaking during a visit to a youth club in manchester, he said that the government could not fix every issue with the supply chain. ~ . ~ .. fix every issue with the supply chain. ~ .~ , , chain. we will take each step as it comes, chain. we will take each step as it comes. we _ chain. we will take each step as it comes. we are — chain. we will take each step as it comes, we are there _ chain. we will take each step as it comes, we are there to _ chain. we will take each step as it comes, we are there to support i comes, we are there to support industries that are having difficulties, but fundamentally it is up to them to work out the way ahead. those businesses, those industries, or the best solvers of their own supply

hugh schofield, thank you.girls who were sent to institutions for unmarried mothers. a recent report found more than 111,000 girls and women were sent to workhouses, homes and so called magdalene laundries between 1922 and 1990. many were held against their will and forced to give up children for adoption. 0ur ireland correspondent, chris page, is at stormont. chris? yes, the devolved government has commissioned a team of three experts to come up with a plan for a state investigation. they had just published its report and had said there should be a full public inquiry. 0ne there should be a full public inquiry. one member of the tunnel, a human rights expert, said the abuse in those institutions for unmarried mothers was one of the greatest scandals of our time. the panel has also said survivors should get financial redress payments from the start of the investigation. this is a hugely important day for people carrying big burdens for many years. the secrets of these institutions are being shattered by the sto

hugh schofield reports from paris.d cornelis gertjan was impounded yesterday by the french maritime authorities, who say it was fishing in french waters without a proper licence. it is now moored in le havre pending possible judicial proceedings against the captain and owner. it�*s clearly intended as a message to the british about what�*s to come from next week, when the french begin to enact reprisal measures in the row over fishing licences. before a french parliamentary committee, europe minister clement beaune spelt out what�*s to happen. from tuesday he said no uk fishing boat will be allowed to unload its catch in french ports. there will be intensified inspections on uk goods entering france by ferry and the channel tunnel. and in a second wave of measures, france may raise the tariff on electricity it supplies to the channel islands. france says this is because the uk and the channel islands had failed to keep their side of the deal on fishing licences signed as part of brexit. the british government says that

i'm joined now by our paris correspondent, hugh schofield. couple of brushes with the law— things including a couple of brushes with the law. he was imprisoned for a few months _ with the law. he was imprisoned for a few months back _ with the law. he was imprisoned for a few months back in _ with the law. he was imprisoned for a few months back in the _ with the law. he was imprisoned for a few months back in the early i with the law. he was imprisoned forl a few months back in the early 1990s for max fixing. it was following huge success with his football club, but throughout his career, he sailed a pretty fine line, as far as the law is concerned. he fell foul once. that affair, he basically was found guilty of trying to fix a match in order to spare his players for a more important match and after that he never served as a football chief again. the great thing about bernard tapie was his resilience, his charm, his ability to come back and his communication skills. whatever he did, was loved by the public. we are havin: did, was loved by t

hugh schofield re -aortin what is revealed. hugh schofield reporting from — what is revealed.. sometimes i feel like i'm living in a hundred—year—old body. but change could be on the way. hundreds of patients in england will now be offered a new drug called crizanlizumab over the next three years which could reduce the number of trips to hospital to treat severe pain. the moment that a new drug is approved to be used, ourjob is to make sure we can do a deal that makes that affordable and then get it out as quickly as possible. sickle cell disease is the world's most common genetic blood disorder. it mainly affects people from african and caribbean backgrounds. there's a one in four chance you will have the disease if both parents are carriers. the announcement of this treatment could be life—changing, reducing the number of times a sickle cell patient needs to go to a&e by 40%. but senior health campaigners say this should have happened a long time ago. people have said to our staff, "oh, this is a black person's disease. unlikely to affect me." but i think race has played a p

hugh schofield went to see it. this is my dad. i am don. donald — this is my dad. i am don.- donald sometimes. and people ask ou donald sometimes. and people ask you what — donald sometimes. and people ask you what you _ donald sometimes. and people ask you what you are _ donald sometimes. and people ask you what you are building, | ask you what you are building, what do you say? i ask you what you are building, what do you say?— what do you say? i tell them what do you say? i tell them what it is, — what do you say? i tell them what it is, honestly, - what do you say? i tell them what it is, honestly, it's - what do you say? i tell them what it is, honestly, it's an l what it is, honestly, it's an art project and we are having fun making something beautiful. one day, it will be a jewel in the valley. we are finishing up the valley. we are finishing up the ground floor, i mean, the basement, which is below the ground floor. it is sort of a conglomeration of gothic art pieces that my dad has carved, things that pleased him, that he was attracted to and he wanted to make and e

here's hugh schofield again.ilty. but came back earlier this year. let's turn to a medicalfirst now. doctors in new york have managed to transplant a kidney from a pig into a human — and crucially they've done it without the organ triggering immediate rejection by the person's immune system. the operation was all performed on a patient who was brain dead and whose family consented to the experiment before her life support system was switched off. but before that, the new kidney functioned as it should do for three days whilst maintained outside her body. this is the surgeon who performed the operation. so, basically, what we did was we transplanted a kidney from a genetically engineered pig that had the main molecule that really defines the incompatibility of an organ tween a pig and a human. when a pig organ has been transplanted up the evolutionary scale, there has been this immediate rejection of the organ. within minutes to hours. and because of the revolution in genetic engineering of animals, you know, we h

right back we can speak to our paris correspondent hugh schofield. good morning good correspondent hughhis boat? it was impounded in j le havre yesterday, as you said when the french— le havre yesterday, as you said when the french authorities conducted this reinforced to check on boats in the area _ this reinforced to check on boats in the area of— this reinforced to check on boats in the area of mac le havre. they stopped — the area of mac le havre. they stopped to make —— the area off port night _ stopped to make —— the area off port night was _ stopped to make —— the area off port night was the though being an initial— night was the though being an initial request to stop and allow authorities to board it. that was otherwise — authorities to board it. that was otherwise in order although there has been — otherwise in order although there has been a — otherwise in order although there has been a fine on that boat. the other— has been a fine on that boat. the other boat— has been a fine on that boat. the other boat was not found to have the papers _ other boat was not found to have th

that was hugh schofield, our correspondant in france.shermen in england, wales and northern ireland. good to have you with us. your reaction first of all to the fact this british troll has been detained and impounded? i this british troll has been detained and impounded?— this british troll has been detained and impounded? i suppose this could be normal enforcement _ and impounded? i suppose this could be normal enforcement activity - and impounded? i suppose this could be normal enforcement activity by . be normal enforcement activity by the french authorities, but of course it takes place against the background of very belligerent noises made by the french government on the licensing issue yesterday. so it seems that france is determined to escalate this issue, which is a matter of concern to us. it only really makes sense to me in terms of french domestic politics because this licensing issue is really a technical matter to be resolved at a technical matter to be resolved at a technical level. and my understanding is that quite a lot

our paris correspondent hugh schofield told us more about his life.oap actor, then appeared on stage, hosted his own television programmes as well, so he was a jack of all trades and also a very interesting figure and an important figure in modern france, that story briefly as he is a self—made man who made millions having come from nowhere, became a politician on the left but managed to reconcile the left with the idea of being rich and being ok and in that sense was a very modern man, before that business people had been on the right, but he was a man of the people who became very rich, became a tycoon, and yet kept in touch with where he came from. there are other important thing is a day that television was his medium, he is a communicator and in that sense he represents the road that came after him. he was an absolute prime manipulator of television, communicating was his great asset and people loved him as you said in your question, he was very successful but he had a number of with the law. at the end of his life he knew a lot of business very

hugh schofield reporting there from paris.e than a thousand cities and other municipalities will choose who'll run their town halls. it's the first test since mario draghi became prime minister earlier this year. one of the key contests will be the mayoral race in rome where rubbish has been pilling up and rotting on the streets. even wild boars have been spotted roaming the city. our correspondent mark lowen explained more about the vote. the local elections are a gauge in the direction of national politics. the prime minister leads a grand coalition that includes the far right anti—european populist, and his legal party. about two years ago, he was on the brink of becoming prime minister and taking national power and becoming the first major western european country to lurch to the far right. he has now been bought into this mainstream national unity coalition government, and his party has suffered partly because of that. so he will be looking closely, and i think italian observers will be looking closely to see whether or n

hugh schofield is in paris. he says the french are playing hardball.british government and we heard yesterday salt one minister describing what the british would do as wiping their feet on the brexit treaty. they have not been holding back at all and there rhetoric recently. and now we see this translated into action with the planned next week to institute the new checks at the border, stop british ships, british fishing boats their catch at french ports. and likewise there is ahead all this against the trawler or the scalper off the coast. dave worn for weeks now that this is been brewing. they been making in france there planning retaliatory against the british and now it's gone. between now and tuesday there is a strong risk of severe disruption at the border at calais. look at the british media and this is another big post brexit clash with europe. and as with all theseissuesit clash with europe. and as with all these issues it seems for britain they loom very, very large because it is britain's destiny at stake. from the european perspective it's

hugh schofield is in paris with the background.in october 2015, benzema approached valbuena and said to him, "i know you've got trouble with a sex tape," which was a video which had been originally on a valbuena's phone which had got out and was showing him in a sex act with a woman. and he said, benzema said to valbuena, i can help you put this to bed. i can help you put this away if you get in touch with somebody i know and lior, then this can be resolved for you. it's alleged that benzema though was actually in behalf of blackmailers who were trying to get money out of valbuena. benzema's defence says nothing of the kind, was acting as a friend to valbuena and wanted to advise him about how to excuse himself from a difficult situation. the crux of the matter in court will be that, whether benzema knew that he was acting in an attempt to extort money out of valbuena, even if it wasn't for him, for the others, whereas his defence is going to be that no, he was trying to simply help his team—mate in a difficult situation. let's loo

hugh schofield reports from paris.yesterday by the french maritime authorities, who say it was fishing in french waters without a proper licence. it�*s now moored in le havre pending possible judicial proceedings against the captain and owner. it�*s clearly intended as a message to the british about what�*s to come from next week, when the french begin to enact reprisal measures in the row over fishing licences. before a french parliamentary committee, europe minister clement beaune spelt out what�*s to happen. from tuesday, he said, no uk fishing boat will be allowed to unload its catch in french ports. there will be intensified inspections on uk goods entering france by ferry and the channel tunnel. and in a second wave of measures, france may raise the tariff on electricity it supplies to the channel islands. france says this is because the uk and the channel islands have failed to keep their side of the deal on fishing licences signed as part of brexit. the british government says that�*s not true. it is very disap

hugh schofield was in court listening to the testimony and sent this update. harrowing testimony today. on this birthday that absolutely harrowing testimony today. on this birthday- absolutely harrowing testimony today. on this birthday that we have had witnessed _ today. on this birthday that we have had witnessed survivors _ today. on this birthday that we have had witnessed survivors of _ today. on this birthday that we have had witnessed survivors of the - had witnessed survivors of the concert itself, many in tears, many shaking, many scratching at their limbs as they give their accounts because it is so emotional for them, particularly to be doing it not before friends or family, not before a doctor, but before the accused, people they hold responsible for what happened. in the concert hall, the story is pretty much the same from everyone's point of view. one example, a man who in the middle of the concert decided to go out to have a cigarette, and as he goes into words the entrance hall or entrance area, he sees three silhouettes, as he calls them, with

hugh schofield reports from paris.owed to unload its catch in french ports. there will be intensified inspections on uk goods entering france by ferry and the channel tunnel. and in a second wave of measures, france may raise the tariff on electricity it supplies to the channel islands. france says this is because the uk and the channel islands have failed to keep their side of the deal on fishing licences signed as part of brexit. the british government says that�*s not true. it is very disappointing to see the comments that came from france yesterday. we believe these are disappointing and disproportionate, and not what we would expect from a close ally and partner. the measures being threatened do not appear to be compatible with the trading cooperation agreement or wider international law. the licences row flared in may, when protesting french fishing boats sailed in flotilla intojersey waters and london sent in two navy patrol boats in response. today, though, it�*s the french government that�*s starting to act to

hugh schofield is live in paris.re at clairefontaine, the pass on information and offer help to mathieu valbuena to suppress the trouble that he has got, which is a sextape, he knows it's out there showing him, and karim benzema says to mature valbuena that he can help him, there won't be any coffees. the hosting hinges on whether she was helping blackmailers, or doing it out of concern for his team—mates and genuinely wanted to help the prosecution case clearly believes that benzema knew very well that he was acting on behalf or shady types, making an approach on them, and he wanted money from valbuena. that is why he is facing a charge and complicity in the attempted blackmail. no one is suggesting he wanted any money, he certainly didn't need it, but he was acting on behalf of people who knew. the first thing we are all looking forward to today's weather benzema with turned up. he hasn't, perfectly legitimate reasons, it was laid out first thing, he was in kiev last night, real madrid's bitchery there, so he won't

hugh schofield is in paris.r of cases that are involved. for the first time, as you say, it seems to be systematic, systemic, and although most of the cases it is true took place 50 or more years ago, what the commission report also insists on is that it is not over now, it is not behind the church. the commission's president spoke at a press conference today. translation: out of those in france aged over 18, - 216,000 were sexually assaulted by clerics, priests oi' i'iui'is as itiii'ioi's. if this is added to the victims of lay people in catholic churches, for example employees or volunteers in religious education, or in establishments or youth movements, the number of victims increases from 216,000 to 330,000. in total, violence against minors in the catholic church represents 4% of the total number of sexual offences in france. other findings, four out of five of those abused were boys, and most of them are aged between 10 and 13, and 60% of those abused reported later in their lives severe difficulties in th