year, outside canterbury crown court, there was a trial ongoing, he was deemed to be in contempt of court. he was given a suspended sentences then, but in may he was outside leeds was broadcasting via facebook, it was viewed by some 250,000 times, and that time, he was deemed again to be co nte m pt of that time, he was deemed again to be contempt of court because it was deemed to be what he was saying in the video was deemed to be prejudicial to the case ongoing inside the court now the appeal has basically succeeded for him in relation to the activities he carried out outside leeds crown court in may, so what happened was he pleaded guilty, and therefore within a matter of hours had been charged and sentenced, it was a very quick process, his appeal was based around that speed, at which he was convicted and subsequently jailed. so his appeal has succeeded in relation to the activities you side leeds crown court, but not in relation to the suspended sentence he was given last year, but and it is an important but, because he has already been injailfor a certain am of time he has already served the suspended sentence relating to his activities outside canterbury

thejudgment said he had live streamed a video of himself talking about a grooming trial at leeds crown courtorting restrictions. lucy manning has more. a free—speech hero to some, a dangerous far right leader to others. tommy robinson left prison this afternoon, a free man for the moment at least. his only reaction, to criticise the media. all the mainstream media do is lie. the british public no longer believe you. reporter: what would you like to say? i have got a lot to say. nothing to you. to the british public. outside the high court in london this morning, police... # 0h, tommy, tommy... tommy robinson's supporters, and his opponents. nazi scum! off our streets! the former english defence league leader had beenjailed for 13 months for contempt of court after confronting defendants outside leeds crown court and broadcasting it live on to facebook. the pictures were watched a quarter of a million times. the judgment today revealing it was a trial involving asian men accused of grooming. but today the high court overturned that decision. ..in respect of the finding of contempt in leeds cr

to decide whether tommy robinson's broadcast, through facebook, outside an ongoing trial at leeds crown court his video was watched some 250,000 times and he was accused of breaching a suspended sentence from another broadcast he made outside canterbury crown court months earlier. at personal thank you to each and every one of you... earlier. at personal thank you to each and every one of you. .. he is a product of the internet age, sites like youtube allowed the founder of the english defence league to reach many more people than far right leaders of the past. before his arrest, he had struggled to attract as much support. but mr robinson's profile has risen since then, at home and abroad. this was the dutch far right leader geert wilders, addressing his supporters in london last month. free tommy robinson! but while some will celebrate his release on bail, others see a more sinister side. for the right, they will see it as a celebration, they are putting him about somebody who isa are putting him about somebody who is a freedom fighter, he is not standing up for ordinary people, he is tryin

thejudgement said he had livestreamed a video of himself talking about a grooming trial at leeds crown courty manning has more. a free speech hero to some, a dangerous far—right leader to others, tommy robinson left prison this afternoon. a free man, for the moment at least, his only reaction to criticise the media. all the mainstream media do is lie. the british public no longer believe you. what do you want to say? i've got a lot to say but not to you. to the british public. outside the high court in london this morning, police... 0h, tommy, tommy. ..tommy robinson's supporters and his opponents. nazi scum, off our streets. i've caused a breach of the peace... the former english defence league leader had beenjailed for 13 months for contempt of court after confronting defendants outside leeds crown court and broadcasting it live on to facebook. the pictures were watched a quarter of a million times. can you get me a solicitor? the judgment today revealing it was a trial involving asian men accused of grooming. but, today, the high court overturned that decision. ..in respect of the finding

i'm in respect of the finding of contempt in leeds crown court and allow the appeal against that findings was flawed. he's coming home, he's coming home, he's coming, tommy's coming home. so tommy robinson will be released from jail but he will be back in a courtroom soon. he's been released on bail but he will be back in the old bailey to face that allegation of contempt of court once more. most of us thought that the system was so rigged against him that we had no chance. we believed that the establishment would gang up. but it does appear that we have got, at least, some independent minds working here. the high court finding the original decision to jail tommy robinson, whose real name is stephen yaxley lennon, was made too quickly and was unfair. tommy robinson is not a working class hero. it's up to the judges whether they release him for contempt, but i believe tommy robinson has got contempt for our democracy and forjustice. he's been a lifelong racist. but his imprisonment has gained him even more support, especially in america. he's not perfect, he makes mistakes, but, by and la

have to decide whether tommy robinson's broadcast, via facebook, outside an ongoing trial at leeds crown courtome 250,000 times and he was accused of breaching a suspended sentence from another broadcast he made outside canterbury crown court months earlier. a personal thank you to each and every one of you... he is a product of the internet age, sites like youtube allowed the founder of the english defence league to reach many more people than far right leaders of the past. before his arrest, he had struggled to attract as much support. but mr robinson's profile has risen since then, at home and abroad. this was the dutch far right leader geert wilders, addressing his supporters in london last month. free tommy robinson! but while some will celebrate his release on bail, others see a more sinister side. for the right, they will see it as a celebration, they are putting him up as somebody who is a freedom fighter, he is not standing up for ordinary people, he is trying to divide them. anybody that believes in democracy and a multiracial society has to stand up against what robinson believes in

have to decide whether tommy robinson‘s broadcast, via facebook, outside an ongoing trial at leeds crown courte was accused of breaching a suspended sentence from another broadcast he made outside canterbury crown court months earlier. a personal thank you to each and every one of you... he is a product of the internet age, sites like youtube allowed the founder of the english defence league to reach many more people than far right leaders of the past. before his arrest, he had struggled to attract as much support. but mr robinson‘s profile has risen since then, at home and abroad. this was the dutch far right leader geert wilders, addressing his supporters in london last month. free tommy robinson! but while some will celebrate his release on bail, others see a more sinister side. for the right, they will see it as a celebration, they are putting him up as somebody who is a freedom fighter, he is not standing up for ordinary people, he is trying to divide them. anybody that believes in democracy and a multiracial society has to stand up against what robinson believes in. mr robinson will appe

the far—right activist received a 13—month jail term in may after he filmed outside leeds crown courtged he'd shared a platform with speakers who compared israel to the nazis. he said he was sorry for the anxiety and concern he'd caused. bbc analysis of government figures shows the number of grammar school pupils in england has grown by 11,000 since 2010. the data suggests the equivalent of 24 new selective schools will have been created by 2021. the future of the department store chain house of fraser has been thrown into uncertainty with the announcement that a chinese firm has pulled out of a rescue deal. c banner said it was scrapping its investment plans because its own share price had fallen steeply. more now on one of those stories. the far—right activist tommy robinson has been freed on bail after winning a challenge against a ruling of contempt of court. the former leader of the english defence league had been given a 13—month jail term. thejudgement said he had livestreamed a video of himself talking about a grooming trial at leeds crown court involving asian men, which is s

the far—right activist received a 13—month jail term in may after he filmed outside leeds crown courty — after it emerged he'd shared a platform with speakers who compared israel to the nazis. the labour leader said he was sorry for the anxiety and concern he'd caused. bbc analysis of government figures shows the number of grammar school pupils in england has grown by 11,000 since 2010. the data suggests the equivalent of 2a new selective schools will have been created by 2021. as we were hearing in the headlines, three people have been killed in violent clashes between security forces and opposition supporters in zimbabwe's capital harare, following monday's contested elections. the ruling zanu—pf party has won the parliamentary vote, but the result of the vote for the next president has not yet been announced. our correspondent shingai nyoka is in the zimbabwean capital harare. in an alleged in this violence. accusation is the army were using live ammunition against protesters? yes, and earlier ennui heard —— earlier on we heard that live rounds we re earlier on we heard that live r

hearing —— hearing relating to whether he was in breach of contempt of court in may about side leeds crown courto a bare minimum. anielle stone is a labour county councillor in northamptonshire. with me here is professor tony travers, a local government expert at the london school of economics. tony, first, put into context the seriousness of the situation being faced by northampton county council. there is no doubt it is serious locally for people who live there because you have mentioned adult services, children'sservices, these are very important and if they go wrong, frankly, the downsides are profound. but there are a range of other services the council provides. streets, rural transport and so on, libraries. and the more the council has to pull back from delivering full range of services as they are expected in most parts of the country, the more there is a risk it will underperform in terms of its legal duties. that is the real risk here. so it is bad locally and it has a national issue. in fairness to northamptonshire, they have faced, as have all councils, significant reductions in thei

the far—right activist received a 13—month jail term in may after he filmed outside leeds crown courtng a trial. campaigners against anti—semitism have accused jeremy corbyn of failing to apologise properly — after it emerged he'd shared a platform with speakers who compared israel to the nazis. the labour leader said he didn't agree with the views and that he was sorry for the anxiety and concern he'd caused. bbc analysis of government figures shows the number of grammar school pupils in england has grown by 11,000 since 2010. the data suggests the equivalent of 2a new selective schools will have been created by 2021. in a moment, it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news... we'll be focusing on the elections in zimbabwe at 7 o clock, and will be live in harare to speak to an activist who stood as an independent candidate for parliament. and as protesters gather outside northamptonshire county council to oppose plans to cuts to services, we'll be speaking to an expert in local government for her assessment of whether the situati

in may. 0utstanding allegations against him relating to filming he carried out whilst outside leeds crown courtuspended sentence relating to a separate incident outside a trial in canterbury should stand. let's go live to our news correspondent phil mackie whojoins me now from hmp 0nley near rugby the prison where tommy robinson has been held. what are we expecting? we have just seen some what are we expecting? we have just seen some police officers. that may be an indication that we are getting near to the point where he will be released. nobody really knows. he only found out this morning from other prisoners. that is according toa other prisoners. that is according to a message on his facebook page. they were telling him inside he was going on. we would expect that he will be released next couple of hours. there is a lot of media here. we've been told that his solicitor has advised him not to talk to press. some of his supporters feel he might talk to is nonetheless. there are people ready to whisk him away. thejudge there are people ready to whisk him away. the judge found that the process