judith moritz, bbc news, manchester.ing urged to bring contracts from the construction giant carillion into public control amid fears it could collapse. it's a major supplier to the government and has contracts in the rail industry — including building hs2 — in education, prisons and in the nhs. it's struggled since reporting half—year losses of over a billion pounds and a significant pension deficit. young women with a faulty gene who have gone on to develop breast cancer have the same chance of survival as those who do not have it. a study also found out what ever kind of treatment women had it does not change the statistics. diagnosed with breast cancer when she was just 35 years old and five months pregnant, laura faced childbirth and then cancer treatment. she carries a brca gene mutation and so, like many women in her position, she opted to have both breasts removed. i decided to have a double mastectomy. my oncologist was keen for me to have it and i was, as well, because i was told that the risk of me getting can

judith moritz, bbc news, manchester.s poorest families cope with the rising cost of living — following days of protests against the government's austerity programme. but anti—government demonstrations continued on friday. more than seven—hundred people have been arrested in the protests that began earlier this week. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. for days now, in cities across the country, the protests have continued. this was the capital, tunis, with some demonstrators waving yellow cards. they are angry about an economy which is in dire straits and a government they feel is doing nothing to help. translation: this protest is against the budget, which is leading to poverty and hunger for people. our protest is completely peaceful. we are not calling for the overthrow of the government. we are calling for the overthrow of this budget. despite those claims there were some scuffles with police. the prime minister has condemned the demonstrators, accusing them of trying to destabilise the state. it is notjust tunis. this pro

judith moritz, bbc news, manchester.d to be the oldest in the world — stretching back some 700 years and spanning 25 generations. wassim razzouk is a coptic christian and considers his family custodians of the traditional art form. we consider ourselves the custodians of this beautiful tradition of tattooing pilgrims and that is very honourable for us, we are very proud of it. we have been here in the holy land for the past 500 years. my great ancestors came from egypt — we are coptic christians. when my great—great—great ancestor came here as a pilgrim himself, since tattooing was his profession, he continued tattooing pilgrims. 0k. so... this is the oldest block that we have. we know it's about 500 years old because this stamp, which has broken a little bit, was used to do this tattoo in 1669. it is a cross because my first time in jerusalem and want it to be a very symbolic thing and i'm christian, so for me, it's really, really important, and i wanted this to be in my skin and to never forget my faith. a lot of peopl

judith moritz, bbc news, manchester.jor change to its news feed — prioritising posts from family and friends over those from advertisers and media organisations. the change follows criticism that too much fake news and misinformation has been ending up on the social network. facebook‘s founder, mark zuckerberg, admits it could could mean people spending less time on it, which has hit the company's share price. 0ur media editor amol rajan reports. mark zuckerberg's social network has become of the biggest distributors of news in history. today, the company went back to its social roots. he said, one of our big focus areas for 2018 is making sure the time we all spend on facebook is time well spent. facebook‘s founder admits users are being fed a heavy diet of news and adverts, together with the more personal posts from friends and family. in bristol today, many young facebook users agreed. it's quite clogged up with adverts for shopping and baby things at the moment, stuff i search on google. so i think it would be a lot

judith moritz, bbc news, liverpool. 0ur deputy political editor, john pienaar, is at westminster.s about the way that government procures these things? we saw the red versus blue, public versus private argument that we thought had been settled many years ago. if theresa may thought that argument was over, she knows better now. we saw a prime minister who came in wishing to take on corporate greed facing anger in the commons over former executives of a failing company agreeing big pay—outs before the company collapse. we saw the prime minister who promised a more fair britain under attack for being pa rt fair britain under attack for being part of tory government that was cosy with business. we wait for detailed policy proposals. there has been talk that may be future contractors will have to show that they can deal with the crisis, but they can deal with the crisis, but the government has to win this argument about the role of private firms like carillion show that tough margins of the type that carillion had to deal with are good value for the taxpayer. otherwise, the watershed m

judith moritz, bbc news, manchester.e the oldest in the world, stretching back some 700 years and spanning 25 generations. wassim razzouk is a coptic christian and considers his family custodians of the traditional art form. we consider ourselves the custodians of this beautiful tradition of tattooing and it is very honourable forecasts, we are very proud of it. —— honourable for us. we have been here in the holy land of the past 500 years, a great a ncestors of the past 500 years, a great ancestors came from egypt, we are coptic christians. when my great, great, great ancestor came here, since tattooing was his profession he continued doing it. ok. sorry. this is the oldest block that we have, we know it is about 500 years old because this stamp which has broken a little bit was used to do this have to in 1669. —— do this tattooed. it is the christ because i wanted to be very symbolic thing for my first visit tojerusalem be very symbolic thing for my first visit to jerusalem and be very symbolic thing for my first visit

judith moritz, bbc news, manchester.ier after it had to take steaks off the menu. the food standards agency is investigating the derby—based company russell hume, which supplies pub chains and hotels, as well as schools and care homes. our business correspondent emma simpson is here. what is the fsc looking at? galle we have had a bit more detail today. pressure has steadily been growing for some answers. this all started on tuesday with wetherspoons suspending its popular steak night. its drivers tried to pick up supplies from russell hume and fund the gates locked. the country said there had been mislabelling issues. wetherspoons did not like the sound of it and immediately with judy stea ks. of it and immediately with judy steaks. 0n of it and immediately with judy steaks. on wednesday it emerged that the food standards agency had been investigating russell hume what it calls serious noncompliance with food hygiene regulations. the company was forced to halt production at its six sites and/or deliveries were suspended

judith moritz, bbc news, liverpool.t whether warning signs were ignored. alastair fee has been to meet one hampshire company who decided they didn't want to continue working with them. with jobs worth up to half a million a year, carillion was this company's biggest customer, but when it came to paying up they became the biggest headache. massively frustrating. it was the last thing we were talking about at night and the first thing in the morning, and that went on for weeks and months because you're waiting on such large amounts. sometimes up to £200,000. for 10 years they were doing as many as 200 jobs a year at the 0a hospital in portsmouth. in hindsight, carillion's reluctance to pay up finally makes sense. it was purely and simply to protect their own cash flow. they were obviously overstretching themselves in so many different areas and one way to deal with that was manipulating the smaller contractors. the work in offices and hospital wards was a sizeable part of their regular business but if you wanted the money

police at the weekend and told detectives she'd killed a man. 0ur north of england correspondent, judith moritzthere this evening, judith? well, huw, the police tell us on saturday afternoon, a 63—year—old woman walked into a police station and confessed to officers that she'd killed a man some years ago and buried him in the garden. that sparked a forensic search and last night, detectives confirmed they have found human remains at the property behind me. now, the bbc understands that the body recovered is that of a man named kenneth coombs and that the woman who went to the police and is 110w woman who went to the police and is now being questioned on suspicion of murder is his daughter barbara. neighbours have been asked by the police if they remember mr coombs, he would have been in his late 80s in 2005. detectives say they are searching for information, their investigation is at an early stage but that a postmortem examination should help them to establish how and when mr coombs died. a brief look at some of the day's other news stories. lawyers representing victims of the sex attackerjohn

our north of england correspondent, judith moritz, is in stockport for us. a 63—year—old woman walked into a police station not far from here and confessed to having killed a man several years ago and buried him in the garden. that's pa rt buried him in the garden. that's part a forensic search and last night detectives confirmed that they have found human remains at the property. the bbc understands that the body that has been found is that ofa man the body that has been found is that of a man called kenneth combs and the woman, who is now talking to detectives on suspicion of murder is his daughter. neighbours have been askedif his daughter. neighbours have been asked if they remember the family. the police say a postmortem examination should give more information into course about how and when he died. the trial of the former football coach barry bennell on charges of child sexual offences has — for the first time — heard from an alleged victim. a man who claims he was sexually abused as a child has told the court that bennell had what he called a "power

our north of england correspondent judith moritz has been speaking to one of the families affected. withinster arena explosion, the attack was worldwide news. phone footage we shared immediately. camera crews and journalists provided round—the—clock coverage for days afterwards and there were countless posts on social media as well. there was huge interest in the stories of those most closely affected. they included the family of martyn hett, one of those killed in the blast. he had a large on line following and was previously on tv. his relatives found themselves on the spotlight. post reporters arrived at their house before the family knew martyn had died. to have people coming around knocking on the door and ringing the bell and basically saying, sorry for your loss, would you like to comment? and he wasn't even officially dead yet. how can anybody even be so cruel and say sorry for your loss? we didn't find out officially until that evening. the way the emergency services responded to the attack is already being reviewed by an independent panel. now it will also examine the role which

judith moritz with that report from manchester.what the inquiry is looking at and what first steps have been taken. the point of today is to tell the public of the first steps we have taken and public of the first steps we have ta ken and crucially public of the first steps we have taken and crucially to get across the point that this review is a fundamental it started from the point of view of the bereaved families, the injured and the public and that has impacted on how we have done the review and things we have phoned. we have also proposed that the public agencies and bodies in greater manchester and the north—west sign up to the charter that came out of the hillsborough view, not because the two situations are at the same but they are important things he has proposed —— hillsborough review. the advent of social media has changed the dynamics of communication here and information very quickly goes online about families and of those who might be missing. i think that changes the whole way in which communication happens and in pa

judith moritz, bbc news, liverpool. how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight arejessica elgot, political reporter at the guardian and henry zeffman, political reporter at the times. motorists in central and southern scotland are being advised to stay off the roads tonight as heavy snow and ice make driving conditions treacherous. more than 200 motorists were left stranded last night on the m71; — the motorway linking scotland to england. the met office has issued an amber — be prepared — severe weather warning for the affected areas. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. from the air, it is stunning — a white blanket of snow covering much of scotland, gritters cutting a path through the drifts. but for those travelling last night, it was a different story. traffic on the m71; grinding to a halt in the treacherous conditions, stranded drivers stuck for hours. terrible! just cars, lorries everywhere, five hours i

judith moritz, bbc news, liverpool. 0ur deputy political editor, john pienaar, is at westminster.ainly sparked fierce debate in the commons today about the best way to run and deliver public services? it did, so few. today we saw the red versus it did, so few. today we saw the red ver5u5 blue, public ver5u5 private i’ow. ver5u5 blue, public ver5u5 private row. we thought it had been settled by kate ago and now looks as if it i5 by kate ago and now looks as if it is being fought out a fresh, and the government is having to fight that baffle whilst dealing with tough questions and attacks and problems here caused by the carillion collap5e. today we have that promised that former executives' pay—outs could be clawed back. there we re pay—outs could be clawed back. there were more questions about why fresh contract were given to carillion while the company was in trouble. there will have to be a policy response, but the government's options 5eem limited. there is already early talk that maybe companie5 already early talk that maybe companies would have to come up with plans to show ho

let's speak to our correspondent, judith moritz.barbara coombes, wearing glasses and a fleece jumper, spoke to confirm her personal details. she is charged with murdering kenneth coombes in 2006 and she is accused of burying his body and writing official letters and pretending to be his care to claim money. it is understood kenneth coombes is herfather. her neighbours this week were asked by police whether they remember him, he would have been in his late 80s, in 2005. the police say at the weekend that a 63—year—old went into a police station and told officers she had killed a man some years ago and she had buried him in the garden. a forensic search began and human remains were recovered from barbara coombes's garden. they have not been officially identified. the results officially identified. the results ofa officially identified. the results of a postmortem have not been released. barbara coombes has been charged with murder and she will reappear before a court tomorrow morning. the charges will be presented to her again. thank

judith moritz reports.ena explosion shattered countless lives. 22 were lost and many more were changed forever. the attack made international headlines. that meant there was huge media interest in the stories of those most closely affected. they included the family of martyn het. he had previously been on tv, possibly as a result his family found themselves in the spotlight from almost the very moment they heard about the explosion and before they knew that martin had died. people were coming around, knocking on the door and ringing the bell and saying, sorry for your loss. would you like to comment? he was not even officially dead yet. how can anyone be so cruel and say, sorry for your loss? we did not find out officially till that evening that he was dead. the way the emergency services responded to the emergency services responded to the attack is already being reviewed by an independent panel. now it will also examine the role in which the media played during the aftermath. we wa nt media played during

judith moritz is in stockport now. what more do we know?who is 63 turned up at a police station on sunday, and they say she told them she had killed a man, some years ago, and that she had buried him in the garden of a property in this road. that sparked a forensic search, and last night, detectives confirmed they have found human remains here, it is believed that this is the body of a man named kenneth coombes. we know neighbours have been asked if they remember a man by that name, that he was in his late 80s in 2005. the bbc understands that the woman, who is now being questioned on suspicion of murder is kenneth coombe's daughter. greater manchester police say the investigation is in the early stages and many questions which still have a nswe rs. the president of south korea says donald trump deserves credit for helping to foster their first talks with the north in two years. moonjae—in said pressure from america and sanctions may well have made the meeting possible. the talks took place yesterday in the demilitarised zone which has divi

the bombing in may last year, in which 22 people were killed. 0ur north of england correspondent judith moritze attack was international news. phone footage was shared immediately. camera crews and journalists provided round—the—clock coverage for days afterwards. and there were countless posts on social media, as well. there was huge interest in the stories of those most closely affected, including the family of martin hecht, one of those killed in the blast. martin had a large online following and had previously been on tv. his relatives quickly found themselves in the spotlight. press reporters arrived at their house, before the family knew that martin had died. we had people coming round, knocking on the door, ringing the bell, basically saying, "sorry for your loss, but would you like to comment?" he wasn't even officially dead yet. how can anyone be so cruel and say, "sorry for your loss?" we didn't find out officially until that evening that he was dead. the way the emergency services responded to the arena attack is already being reviewed by an independent panel. now, it will also exam

judith moritz has this report.ected. they included the family of martyn hett, one of those killed in the blast. he had a large social media following and had previously been on tv, and possibly as a result, his family found themselves in the spotlight almost from the very moment they heard about their explosion and before they knew martyn had died. heard about their explosion and before they knew martyn had diedm seems a bit dissed tasteful, really. how can anybody be so cool and say sorry for your loss? we didn't find out officially this evening until he was dead. now an independent panel will consider the way the media covered the stories of the breeds and injured. the review panel will recommend that public organisations adopt a charter which uses lessons learned from the hillsborough disaster. it states that the bereaved and vulnerable should be treated with respect and put first by those responding to such public tragedies. joining us as lord kerslake, the chair of the review. and stuart murray, martyn hett‘s

judith moritz reporting.onditions. kate hardcastlejoins us to discuss. why did the ones who did 0k get along all right, and why did those who saw losses make those losses, because one of the big factors that has been blamed for losses over christmas is black friday, isn't it? it is, and we have now changed this golden quarter of retail having its best opportunity into a period where it is renowned for discounting and the consumers are far more savvy and used to buying across different channels and are looking for a bargain at all times. i think what is true, though, we can't just look at the internet and see that online shopping has changed retail forever, it and see that online shopping has changed retailforever, it is and see that online shopping has changed retail forever, it is all about this kid and that is why brands are struggling, because of that was the case we would not have brands like john lewis that was the case we would not have brands likejohn lewis who have been so brands likejohn lewis who ha

judith moritz is there for us.ins which have been taken away for analysis. we do not know the cause of death but they have arrested a woman who is 63 yea rs old have arrested a woman who is 63 years old on suspicion of murder. they are going around the area asking neighbours if they have any information about the man who used to live here 10—15 years ago by the name of kenneth combs. that is all we have at the moment but more as we get it through the day. on the programme tomorrow we speak to parents who're battling to keep their seriously ill 19 month old son alive against the hospitals advice. through these western areas, particularly north—west england, the west midlands, central areas of england. quite a tricky morning i suspect for some if you are commuting first thing on thursday morning with the fog, it will linger on for much of the morning, similar to fog patches lingering, cloudy skies towards eastern areas, northern ireland, western areas, sunnier spells developing by thursday afternoon, temperatures dow

judith moritz is in manchester with the latest. what have we heard today?e media in responding to the attack. how the story was covered both by the mainstream media and also by those using social media, how that fed into the experience of those who were both directly affected and in particular how it affected and in particular how it affected the families, the bereaved and surviving people who were right in the eye of the storm and having to cope with terrible loss and pain alongside the publicity that went with it. bob kerslake said this morning it is something he will examine and it‘s partly because he‘s been hearing evidence from families which, they have been telling him they had a mixed experience. plenty of positive experiences they had from the media but some families have also seen the flip side of that and we heard for example the family of martin, one of those killed in the attack, they had been doorstep by some reporters before martin had been identified as officially having died. it‘s an experience which has been exposed through this review and

some families who lost loved ones found themselves subjected to intrusive attention, as judith moritz interest in the stories of those most closely affected. they included the family of martyn hett. killed in the blast. martyn had a large social media following and had previously been on tv. possibly as a result, his family found themselves in the spotlight from almost the very moment they heard about the explosion and before they knew that martyn had died. people were coming around, knocking on the door and ringing the bell and saying "sorry for your loss. would you like to comment?" he was not even officially dead yet. how can anyone be so cruel and say "sorry for your loss"? we didn't find out officially till that evening that he was dead. the way the emergency services responded to the arena attack is already being reviewed by an independent panel. now it will also examine the role which the media played during the aftermath. we want to say what's worked well as well as what we need to learn, and much of the media handled families in a very respectful way. but we've heard examples

judith moritz is outside manchester crown court. outside manchester crown court.g case? imagine a more reprehensible set of circumstances. he described this as extraordinary. extraordinary. arena on the night that a bomb was detonated there last may. detonated there last may. he was begging in the foyer irish ya. begging in the foyer irish ya. that's where the attack happened —— in the foyer area. in the foyer area. from people who were dying and very badly injured. badly injured. photographs of those people and sold them to the press. them to the press. was describing as his brave actions in going to help people. in going to help people. clip we have from that time of him doing just that. clip we have from that time of him doingjust that. clip we have from that time of him doing just that. doing just that. seen people run out and i've run back in to try to help people. back in to try to help people. had been stolen, it was sent to voice mail. voice mail. and pauline haley herself was badly hurt. hurt. the distress they were already feeling at such a terrible time