cctv shows how within hours, ian stewart drove to a rubbish tip to dump a duvet. duvet taken to the tip because it had helen's blood on it? in police interviews, stewart said nothing. he probably smothered helen bailey after drugging her over a long period with his sleeping pills. his motive was money. he was set to benefit massively from her £4 million fortune. if helen had written a book of this story, you wouldn't believe it. he probably planned it all from the day he met her. and in hindsight i don't think he loved her at all, but helen definitely loved him. this is ian stewart's late wife, diane. police are now re—examining her sudden death. she'd suffered from epilepsy and was said to have died from a fit. diane stewart died of natural causes in 2010, it would only be right and proper that we re—looked at what the causes might be. but, of course, it would be part of our enquiries, moving forward from this conviction. at the family home in bassingbourn, in cambridgeshire, diane stewart collapsed suddenly. diane was a very fit and healthy person. the whole of

cctv shows how within hours ian stewart drove to a rubbish tip to dump a duvet. at duvet taken to the tip because it had helen's blood on it? in police interviews stewart said nothing. he probably smothered helen bailey after drugging her over a long period with his sleeping pills. his motive was money. he was set to benefit massively from her £4 million fortune. if helen had written a book of this story you wouldn't believe it. he probably planned it all from the day he met her. and in hindsight i don't think he loved her at all think he loved her at all but helen definitely loved him. this is ian stewart's late wife, diane. police are now re—examining her sudden death. she'd suffered from epilepsy and was said to have died from a fit. diane stewart died of natural causes in 2010, it would only be right and proper that we re—looked at what the causes might be but of course it would be part of our inquiries, moving forward from this conviction. at the family home in bassingbourn, in cambridgeshire, diane stewart collapsed suddenly. diane was a very fit and healthy

this cctv shows how, within hours, ian stewart drove to a rubbish tip to destroy evidence. et. was that duvet taken to the tip because it had helen's blood on it? in police interviews, stewart said nothing. he probably smothered helen bailey after drugging her over a long period with his sleeping pills. his motive was money. he was set to benefit massively from her £4 million fortune. if helen had written a book of this story, you wouldn't believe it. he probably planned it all from the day he met her. in hindsight, i do think he loved her at all. but helen definitely loved him. this is ian stewart's late wife. with his criminal trial over, we can now report that the police are re—examining her sudden death, said to have been caused by an epileptic fit. at this stage, there's no indication of anything suspicious. i think it's only right that i consider what might have happened in ian stewart's past, to see whether there's anything i need to get involved in, whether there's any fresh evidence that might have come out from this trial. after his wife died, ian stewart was seen

cctv shows how within hours ian stewart drove to a rubbish tip to dump a duvet. vet taken to the tip because it had helen's blood on it? in police interviews, stewart said nothing. he probably smothered helen bailey after drugging her over a long period with his sleeping pills. his motive was money. he was set to benefit massively from her £4 million fortune. if helen had written a book of this story, you wouldn't believe it. he probably planned it all from the day he met her and in hindsight, i don't think he loved her at all, but helen definitely loved him. this is ian stewart's late wife, diane. with his criminal trial over, we can now report that the police are re—examining her sudden death, said to have been caused by an epileptic fit. at this stage, there's no indication of anything suspicious. i think it's only right that i consider what might have happened in ian stewart's past, to see whether there's anything that i need to get involved in, whether there's any fresh evidence that might have come out from this trial. after his wife died, ian stewart was se

this is ian stewart's late wife.criminal trial over, we can now report that the police are re—examining her sudden death, said to have been caused by an epileptic fit. at this stage, there's no indication of anything suspicious. i think it's only right that i consider what might have happened in ian stewart's past, to see whether there's anything that i need to get involved in, whether there's any fresh evidence that might have come out from this trial. after his wife died, ian stewart was seen with other women before he began his predatory pursuit of helen bailey. as a writer, she was used to studying human behaviour. but she never learned the true character of the man who was closest to her and who she thought she knew best. let's talk to the man who led this investigation. it started out, of course, as a missing persons inquiry that turned into a murder investigation. detective superintendentjerome. let me ask you, what do you make of ian stewart? well, he must be a very wicked individual. he's very calculated and

cctv shows how within hours ian stewart drove to a rubbish tip to dump a duvet. t duvet taken to the tip because it had helen's blood on it? in police interviews stewart said nothing. he probably smothered helen bailey after drugging her over a long period with his sleeping pills. his motive was money. he was set to benefit massively from her £4 million fortune. if helen had written a book of this story you wouldn't believe it. he probably planned it all from the day he met her. and in hindsight i don't think he loved her at all, but helen definitely loved him. this is ian stewart's late wife, diane. police are now re—examining her sudden death. she'd suffered from epilepsy and was said to have died from a fit. diane stewart died of natural causes in 2010, it would only be right and proper that we re—looked at what the causes might be. but, of course, it would be part of our inquiries, moving forward from this conviction. at the family home in bassingbourn, in cambridgeshire, diane stewart collapsed suddenly. diane was a very fit and healthy person. the whole of b

cctv shows how within hours ian stewart drove to a rubbish tip to dump a duvet. se it had helen's blood on it? in police interviews, stewart said nothing. he probably smothered helen bailey after drugging her over a long period with his sleeping pills. his motive was money. he was set to benefit massively from her £4 million fortune. if helen had written a book of this story, you wouldn't believe it. he probably planned it all from the day he met her and in hindsight, i don't think he loved her at all, but helen definitely loved him. this is ian stewart's late wife, diane. with his criminal trial over, we can now report that the police are re—examining her sudden death, said to have been caused by an epileptic fit. at this stage, there's no indication of anything suspicious. i think it's only right that i consider what might have happened in ian stewart's past, to see whether there's anything that i need to get involved in, whether there's any fresh evidence that might have come out from this trial. after his wife died, ian stewart was seen with other women before

am particularly proud of the investigation that we put together and the eventual conviction of ian stewartng other than natural causes that, of course it will be part of our enquiries moving forward from this conviction. i think that is that then, thank you very much. the detective chief inspector they're giving a reaction from the police to what has happened here. they have described ian stewart has a narcissist, someone who clearly thought he could get away with murder. he could not. the jury away with murder. he could not. the jury saw through him and they convicted him today with murder and perverting the course ofjustice and fraud and preventing a lawful burial of the body. thank you very much. much more on that on the news at one in just a moment. first we will get the latest on the weather. hello, we have really nasty weather on the way tomorrow in the guise of storm doris. doris is likely to cause disruptive weather to the uk. before we get there there is an area of low pressure and it will be a windy day for scotland. this area of low pressure doesn't look much at the moment but i

sitting behind me in court was jamie, ian stewart's son.is father at all. today, he sat there motionless and behind him wasjohn bailey, helen bailey's brother. he too just sat there listening to the comments. ian stewart had lied to his family, to helen bailey's family and he had lied to the police. the families sitting through six weeks of harrowing evidence and today, finally, it is coming to a close. he was sentenced to a minimum of 3a yea rs. was sentenced to a minimum of 3a years. that means ian stewart won't be eligible for parole until he is 90. that is mike cartwright reporting from st albans. an investigation by the bbc has found there are nearly 10,000 drivers across the uk still on the roads despite having 12 or more points currently on their driving licence. official figures reveal that one driver has over 60 points on his licence, but has still been allowed to continue driving. we spoke to the specialist traffic defence lawyer nick freeman a short time ago — he explained why these cases don't always lead to lead to driving bans

am particularly proud of the investigation that we put together and the eventual conviction of ian stewartmining diane stewart 's you now re—examining diane stewart '5 death? you now re—examining diane stewart 's death? she died of natural causes in 2010 and it would only be right and proper that we looks at what those causes might be. she did die seven those causes might be. she did die seve n yea rs those causes might be. she did die seven years ago and there is no suggestion that she died of anything other than natural causes. we will have more on that verdict later. it's the fourth day of the big push to drive so—called islamic state out of the iraqi city of mosul. right now the operation is focused on mosul‘s international airport. it's just beyond the town of abu saif, which was taken by iraqi forces yesterday. the area around the airport, which is to the west of mosul is heavily—populated. our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville is at abu seif and has more on the situation there. this is as far forward as the federal police have advanced. over there is their next target. b

ian stewart broke down several times while giving his evidence and had to be handed a box of tissuesowers that he met helen bailey, whose husband had just had died. earlier the court had heard that late in 2015, helen bailey had exchanged online messages with a friend, saying she was unhappy and had finished by saying, "shall we alljust run away, change our names and start again?" ben ando, bbc news, st albans. who will do yourjob in the future? will it be another human or will it be done by a robot? these are questions worth asking because companies are using ever more advanced automation to stay ahead of their competitors. rory cellan—jones gained exclusive access to one firm who say there is no choice but to let the robots do more and more. in a warehouse in hatfield, a very complex operation is under way, assembling 0cado customer orders from 50,000 potential items. it still requires plenty of people but if the online supermarket is to make money from something shoppers used to do themselves, this must get ever more automated. that's why there's a robotics lab in the corner of th

that means ian stewart would be eligible for pa role ian stewart would be eligible for parole until heet's get more now on the government's plans for a major overhaul of prisons in england and wales. a bill will be introduced in parliament today which sets in law — for the first time — that a key purpose of prison is to rehabilitate offenders, notjust punish them. with me is andrew neilson, director of campaigns at the howard league for penal reform. thank you very much for coming along to talk to us. it's always been an aspiration that prisoners should experience rehabilitation during their time experience rehabilitation during theirtime in experience rehabilitation during their time injail, not experience rehabilitation during theirtime injail, notjust punishment, but in practice, we know from many people who work in the prison service that that doesn't a lwa ys prison service that that doesn't always happen. do you think that enshrining this in law will change that? that would be the government's hope and it certainly welcome that they've done so but it's not so ground—breaking in t

ian stewart dumped her body ina murder.an stewart dumped her body in a cesspit in the hope of inheriting her £4 million fortune. astronomers have discovered seven birth size planets opposite a distant star which could potentially harbour conditions to support life. a political row has broken out over a british islamic state fighter who was freed from one can obey in 2004. he is alleged to have gone on to a suicide attack in iraq. let's update you on the markets. we will return to one of our main stories tonight. the family of a british suicide bomber who carried out an attack in iraq have denied he received £i out an attack in iraq have denied he received £1 million in compensation after being freed from guantanamo bay. it has been reported by the daily mail that jamal al—harith received the pay—out from the uk government after being freed from captivity in 2004. the family say that the figure was a group settle m e nt that the figure was a group settlement including costs the four innocent people including jamal. the daily

ian stewart had lied to his family and helen bailey's family and to the police.ing to a close. he was sentenced to a minimum of 34 years and that means ian stewart will not be eligible for parole until he is 90. voters are going to the polls in two parliamentary by—elections — in cumbria and in staffordshire. it follows the resignations of labour mps jamie reed in copeland and tristram hunt in stoke on trent central. the polls are open until ten o'clock tonight, and the results are expected at around three o'clock tomorrow morning. eating ten portions of fruit and veg a day can help us live longer. a study by imperial college london shows that consuming small amounts has a health benefit, but more is better. however, public health england says that putting pressure on us to eat more fruit and veg creates an ‘unrealistic expectation‘. joining me earlier via webcam was professor tom sanders, emeritus professor of nutrition & dietetics at king‘s college london. i asked him what he thought about the recommended intake of ten a day. i think it is too much. the study a

referring to ian stewart. killing helen bailey. story is that she was her first husband after a freak accident, she became lonely and went on to social media, talking to various people and he was one of them. striking up a relationship. seemed to be terribly happy with him and suddenly appears that all of the time he was planning to get rid of her and get her money. she killed her. has it hasjust got so she killed her. has it hasjust got so many elements that people are going to be interested in. her celebrity, but also the sense of midsummer models. she was planning the wedding, he was planning the murder. facebook brought them together. so many interesting strands. but on the human level it isjust a terribly strands. but on the human level it is just a terribly sad story. strands. but on the human level it isjust a terribly sad story. and also looking into the death of his first wife. going to re—examine that. very sad. we can move to the guardian. a lot of newspapers covering cressida dick, becoming the first woman to run the me

ian stewart dumped her body ina murder.ing her £4 million fortune. astronomers have discovered seven birth size planets opposite a distant star which could potentially harbour conditions to support life. a political row has broken out over a british islamic state fighter who was freed from one can obey in 2004. he is alleged to have gone on to a suicide attack in iraq. let's update you on the markets.

ian stewart denies killing her.te husband. let's cross to st albans crown court and our correspondent ben ando. ian stewart in the witness box for a third day. explain what's been told the jury. that's right. this morning he finished giving evidence in chief. when his barrister was questioning, he said helen bailey had been taken by two men, joe and nick he named them as. he said they made contact with him after she disappeared, told him not to tell the police, told him to take her phone to broadstairs in kent. that explains, he says, why her phone briefly connected with the wi—fi at that property on the 16th of april, five days after she had disappeared. under cross—examination the prosecutor stuart trimmer qc has focused on alterations and changes he made to his story between police interviews he gave last year and the evidence he gave in the witness box here in court. he talked about the sleeping drug zopiclone which had been prescribed to ian stewart, traces of which were found in helen bailey. the prosecution c

the moment ian stewart was arrested for murder and his shocked response.nd in hindsight, i don't think he loved her at all. but helen definitely loved him. now police have launched an investigation into the sudden death of stewart's wife seven years ago. also tonight. a political row about the compensation paid to the british so—called is fighter after he was detained at guantanamo. for the first time in its history, the metropolitan police give the top job to a woman. french politicians take the battle for the coming presidential

ian stewart will be sentenced at st albans crown court later this morning.s, telling customers not to use the appliances until they are repaired. whirlpool has been replacing orfixing an estimated 3.8 million potentially faulty dryers across the uk after it found excess fluff can present a fire risk. previously, the company told customers they could continue to use them, provided they were not left unattended. researchers have developed a new smoke alarm sound with a lower pitched tone and a woman's voice which they say is more likely to wake children. teams based in dundee and derby began working on the project after fire investigators warned that children were able to sleep through conventional alarms. 0ur medical correspondent, fergus walsh, reports smoke alarms save lives, in this demonstration it happened moments after so it gave them time to escape but research has found that children are but research has found that children a re often but research has found that children are often not roused by the sound of are often not roused by the sound of a stand

ian stewart denies killing helen bailey. st albans crown court. this morning he finished giving his evidence and when his barrister was questioning him he said helen bailey had been taken by two men, joe and nick he named them as and said they made contact with him after she had disappeared, told him not to tell the police and told him to take her phone down to broadstairs in kent. he says, explains why her barrois phone briefly connected with the wi—fi about property on the 16th of april, five days after she had disappeared. under cross—examination the prosecutor has been focusing on alterations and changes he made to his story between police interviews he gave last year and the evidence he gave last year and the evidence he gave last year and the evidence he gave in the witness box here at court. he talks about a sleeping drug that had been prescribed to ian stewart but traces of which were found in helen bailey's. it is the prosecution's case he had been drugging her and then smothered her and put her them either cesspit

ian stewart continues to give evidence tomorrow.xtra help for first time buyers and more security for those who are renting. 0ur correspondent duncan kennedy reports from southampton. brownsite or greenbelt — just one of the grey areas in britain‘s complicated house—building mix. but how to fix what the government today calls a broken housing market? well, its white paper suggests the answers lie in getting the right homes built in the right places, meaning every council must come up with a long—term plan, speeding up house—building by giving councils new powers to put pressure on developers, and diversifying the market to get small independent builders back in and stop them being squeezed by the big players. forfar for far too forfar too long we for far too long we have not been building enough houses. but labour dismissed the package of measures with this rhetorical response. dismissed the package of measures with this rhetorical responsem this it? mr speaker when the housing minister himself admits the government record on housin

the judge said ian stewart would have to spend at least 3a years behind bars, saying it was "difficultrime". stewart drugged and suffocated helen bailey, before throwing her body in a cesspit, hidden under the garage of their hertfordshire home. ministers are calling it the biggest reform of prisons in england and wales for a generation. for the first time, the government will state in black and white that a key purpose of prison is to reform offenders, as well as to punish them. at the heart of the changes will be dealing with drugs and violence in prisons, and also cutting re—offending rates. here's our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. the last year has been one of the worst for prisons since the 1990s. as the staff cuts from five years ago started to bite and phones and drugs flooded in, violence soared. at the heart of the changes will be dealing with drugs somejails have been close to crisis point. but there are prisons like hmp onley in warwickshire which, despite their own problems of drugs and violence, still manage to prepare inmates for life on the outside. this m

ian stewart was convicted of secretly drugging and suffocating ms bailey in a plot to inherit her money the judge said it was "difficult to imagine a more heinous crime". prisons in england and wales will expected to reform and rehabilitate offenders, as well as punish them, under new plans to overhaul the prisons system. other measures presented to parliament today include to clamp down on the use of drugs and mobile phones injail. thejustice secretary said the bill aims to reduce prison violence and cut re—offending. cctv images of the moment a convicted murderer escaped during a hospital visit have been released by police. shaun walmsley, 28, was getting into a cab with prison officers when he was sprung from custody by two armed men. walmsley is described as "highly dangerous". polls have closed and counting will get underway shortly in two by—elections. both were labour seats — copeland in cumbria and stoke—on—trent central. our deputy political editor, john pienaar, is in stoke for us tonight. there's a lot at stake here, and notjust for labour. an enormous amount at stake. these

ian stewart was convicted of secretly drugging and suffocating ms bailey in a plot to inherit her moneyhertfordshire lastjuly. the judge said it was "difficult to imagine a more heinous crime". voters are at the polls today in two parliamentary by—elections in staffordshire and cumbria following the resignations of the labour mps in stoke on trent central and copeland. the polls are open until 10pm tonight. the results are expected around 3am tomorrow. iraqi security forces have made a breakthrough in their offensive against so—called islamic state in iraq's second city, mosul. they've taken the city's airport, a key staging point in the battle 0ur correspondent quentin sommerville was there as iraqi government troops fought their way in. before the attack came the hour strikes, rockets and artillery. —— the air strikes. it is the fifth day of the offensive to to rip the leg—mac retake westernmost all. slowly, the forces make their way past a suspected ids car bomb that lies torched on the route. these armoured columns are now moving forward to the wehave 5 l f . we have heard 1 f . we

the judge said that ian stewart would have to spend at least 3a years behind bars, saying it was "difficult heinous crime". stewart drugged and suffocated helen bailey before throwing her body in a cesspit, hidden under the garage of their hertfordshire home. it's taken four years to get through parliament, but today the go—ahead will finally be given for work to begin on the first phase of the high speed rail link between london and birmingham. critics say the project is a waste of money, and will damage the environment. but supporters say it will boost the economy and the number of people be able to travel by rail. phase one is due to open in 2026, at a cost of more than £55 billion. ben thompson reports. more of us are using the railways than ever before. it means busier stations and busier trains, and so the government says hs2 is the answer. but is it? i'm taking a journey on the first stage of the route from london to birmingham, to see what impact it could have. the biggest challenge is tackling overcrowding. our current tracks and stations can't handle many more passengers, but as w

ian stewart dumped the body in a cesspit, in the hope of inheriting her £4 million fortune.rbour conditions to support life. a political row has broken out over a british is fighter who was freed from guantanamo bay in 200a. he is alleged to have gone on to commit a suicide attack in iraq. let's show you the markets. astronomers have detected seven ea rth—sized planets orbiting a single star. the researchers say that all seven could potentially support liquid water on the surface, depending on the other properties of those planets. but only three are within the conventional "habitable" zone where life is considered a possibility. in the last few hours nasa held a press conference about their findings — with one of the scientists saying the discovery meant that finding "a second earth" was "not a matter of if, but when". they have discovered other so—called planets like this before, that orbits the star in a similar position to the earth, but it is down to a few degrees difference when you are looking at the difference between life being supported or not. nasa has spent a lot

ian stewart is giving a second day of evidence at st albans crown court.k to january last year when he had a cancer scare. he said at that time, i was not sleeping. helen was not sleeping. he went to see his gp who prescribed him the sleeping drug. he said helen was always somebody who would research things for herself. she went on google and found out he shouldn't take that drug because he suffered from a different conditions. an auto immune condition which led to him spending long periods previously in hospital. she took them away from me and told him, you shouldn't have these but they might be something i could take. later, sea said she had taken some of the sleeping tablets. he'd been askedif of the sleeping tablets. he'd been asked if he ground them up and dropped them in her tea? he said no, they had a mat he willic bitter taste and helen bailey had an extraordinary good sense of smell. he was asked about the finances. it is the prosecution case that on the day she disappeared in april last year he changed a standing order on their account to pay him

ian stewart, who's 56, is giving a second day of evidence at st albans crown court.pril last year. let's cross to st albans crown court and our correspondent ben ando. a second day of him appearing in the witness box, ben? yes, and today his defence barrister took him back to april the 11th last year, the day when helen bailey disappeared. he said it started as a relatively normal day and he had planned to have a doctors appointment in the morning, but mrs bailey had it fosters —— had come out flustered from her car, so he offered to walker and reschedule the doctor's appointment for the afternoon. when askedif appointment for the afternoon. when asked if there were any other visitors, he said, no, iwent u psta i rs visitors, he said, no, iwent upstairs for a doze, then he apologised to the jury and said there was a visitor, and when asked who it was he said it wasjo, a former business associate of helen's late husband, who had visited the house on two previous occasions. joe had arrived at the door and said to helen bailey, have you remembered our business? she then

ian stewart denies murder and fabricating a story that she was abducted by two business associates ofxamination by the prosecutor. iain stewart is saying that when helen bailey disappeared last april she had been abducted by two shady former business associates of her late husband that he said were named joe and nick. they visited the house ona joe and nick. they visited the house on a couple of previous occasions and their manner had been threatening. after she disappeared he sent a series of text messages to her phone. the prosecution asked why her phone. the prosecution asked why he sent those messages to her if he knew she was in the hands of kidnappers, why did he urge her to contact the police when he presumably knew she could not, and he replied, you might not believe this but my mind was totally messed. he was asked why he sent a text message saying, i have respected your wishes. he said he thought that might bea your wishes. he said he thought that might be a message tojoe and nick at the prosecutors said she was continuing the lies. if she was never known all we would know t

ian: this is where it resides on a bleak row of row houses, the end of the line for americans gripped i poverty. the last family living on the block. three generations of the stewart family crammed in. they are months behind on the rent, unpaid bills are piling up, unsurprising when they have $30 a day to survive. >> i love you, be careful. have a good day. evictedy have been before, forced to live in an abandoned home. they have toecause stay wrapped up in blankets. they don't want to get out of bed. they get bullied in school because of it. it hurts. they got to where they did not even want to show their faces outside, but we had no choice but to live there because of the economy. >> i've struggled for seven hard years. ian: what pressure does that put on your relationship? >> we argue and fight all the time. i love this woman, she is my her goiend, but to see through the things she goes through, it hurts me. it hurts me. ian: for so many people this is no longer a land of opportunity. hope has given way to despair. forchildren who clamor handouts have no american dream. it will be perhaps the greatest challenge for the new president. ian pannell, bbc news, balt

the judge said ian stewart would have to spend at least 34 years behind bars, saying it was, "difficult stewart drugged and suffocated helen bailey before throwing her body into a cesspit hidden under the garage of their hertfordshire home. ministers are calling it the biggest reform of prisons in england and wales for a generation. for the first time, the government will state in black and white that a key purpose of prison is to reform offenders as well as to punish them. at the heart of the changes will be dealing with drugs and violence in prisons, and also cutting re—offending rates. here's our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. the last year has been one of the worse for prisons since the 1990s. as the staff cuts of five years ago started to bite and phones and drugs flooded in, violence soared.