lorna gordon, bbc news, edinburgh zoo. lorna joins us live from edinburgh zoo. as you say, they've been box office bears, so popular, people are really going to miss them. i office bears, so popular, people are really going to miss them.— really going to miss them. i think the are really going to miss them. i think they are step _ really going to miss them. i think they are stop it's _ really going to miss them. i think they are stop it's quite _ really going to miss them. i think they are stop it's quite a - really going to miss them. i think they are stop it's quite a subdued atmosphere at the zoo here today. officials think thousands of people could well come up to the enclosure here to get one last glimpse of these two giant pandas. they are quite solitary creatures, they have separate enclosures, the one behind me as yang guang's enclosure, the male panda, they've put out fresh bamboo for him and he's been out a couple of times today. we've also seen chan tien, the female panda. a big moment for people getting this final opportunity to say goodbye to these

lorna gordon, bbc news, edinburgh zoo. lorna joins us live from edinburgh zoo.le are really going to miss them.— really going to miss them. i think the are really going to miss them. i think they are step _ really going to miss them. i think they are stop it's _ really going to miss them. i think they are stop it's quite _ really going to miss them. i think they are stop it's quite a - really going to miss them. i think they are stop it's quite a subdued atmosphere at the zoo here today. 0fficials think thousands of people could well come up to the enclosure here to get one last glimpse of these two giant pandas. they are quite solitary creatures, they have separate enclosures, the one behind me as yang guang's enclosure, the male panda, they've put out fresh bamboo for him and he's been out a couple of times today. we've also seen chan tien,

lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow.ng to a secret metropolitan police report that has been uncovered by the bbc. the report from the year 2000 said ray adams was cleared by a corruption probe which relied on false testimony from a man linked to the family of one of stephen's killers. the revelation contradicts years of police denial about the role of corrupt officers in the case. daniel de simone reports. the spectre of police corruption has long haunted the stephen lawrence murder. for three decades, scotland yard kept the secret we now expose. the met knew about it. that's what's so shocking. today, we reveal a met police report concluded that a senior officer involved in the case, ray adams, was corrupt. the early failure to bring stephen's killers to justice led to suspicion that corruption infected the investigation. father of one killer was clifford norris, a gangsterfrom a criminalfamily known for suspicious contact with police. the public inquiry into the murder probed the issue. it didn't find corruption. someb

lorna gorton, bbc news, edinburgh zoo. neil alongside three politicians, one of whom has been dubbed the ministerfor common sense. should be interesting for the we on iplayer live from 8pm and on bbc one after the ten o'clock news. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willetts. last night was the coldest november night for 30 years to tomorrow, we are in december. snow in the south—west, unusually so. cornwall and devon. just the southern coastal counties and we have it in the east of the dip but it's going to get colder. this was some dartmoor ponies, high levels and even lower levels across devon and cornwall had some snow. that was the system brought some strong winds but they are pulling out of the way for it will leave things trash richly icily as temperatures plummet. some showers brushing to south—east england and the wood showers continue in the north—east, but temperatures tonight a degree down last night, which is what it's feeling cold of the not much solar radiation strength this time of year, but ice a

lorna gorton, bbc news, edinburgh zoo.aking down a 65—foot glacial waterfall in the arctic circle. it is your heart in your stomach? 32—year—old aniol serrasolses paddled through the rapids and ice tunnels of the glacial river, before going down the ice waterfall in svalbard, norway.

our scotland correspondent lorna gordon has more. hey buddy, you ready to go through? been getting up earlier as their day of departure grows near.— been getting up earlier as their day of departure grows near. he was hand reared as a cop _ of departure grows near. he was hand reared as a cup so _ of departure grows near. he was hand reared as a cup so he _ of departure grows near. he was hand reared as a cup so he came _ of departure grows near. he was hand reared as a cup so he came from - reared as a cup so he came from greece, more kind of people focused for us the female is wild and her attitude. which makes for great fun to work with because she's always keeping us on our toes. for to work with because she's always keeping us on our toes.— to work with because she's always keeping us on our toes. for the past 12 ears keeping us on our toes. for the past 12 years scotland _ keeping us on our toes. for the past 12 years scotland has _ keeping us on our toes. for the past 12 years scotland has been - keeping us on our toes. for the past 12 years scotland has been th

lorna, thank you so much.anda, you moved much more quickly. {litter you moved much more quickly. over the london — you moved much more quickly. over the london marathon _ you moved much more quickly. over the london marathon preview about the london marathon preview about the different costumes. an inflatable panda. i could not move very well — inflatable panda. i could not move very well. anyway, a hectic night in the champions league. manchester united threw it away again— manchester united threw it away again with a couple of goalkeeping mistakes _ again with a couple of goalkeeping mistakes and they have little to do. every _ mistakes and they have little to do. every game they've been away in the champions _ every game they've been away in the champions league this year they have scored _ champions league this year they have scored three but have not won. how do figure _ scored three but have not won. how do figure that? therefore manchester united _ do figure that? therefore manchester united have to bea

but they have drawn visitors from all over the world who came to see them, as lorna gordon reports.tony blinken in israel, the system.— going straight to antony blinken in israel, the system. on my last visit here i discuss _ israel, the system. on my last visit here i discuss the _ israel, the system. on my last visit here i discuss the potential - israel, the system. on my last visit here i discuss the potential of - here i discuss the potential of humanitarian pauses to discuss the release of hamas hostages, to get aid and protection of palestinian civilians. i said there were issues that needed to be worked through but the united states was committed to achieving the goals. today, march the 7th day of the humanitarian pause in gaza, the united states worked closely with israel, the seven date that hostages have been freed and return home to their families. the seventh date that significantly more humanitarian assistant is get to the people of gaza we need it. and a seven date that civilians of gaza have been able to move to safer areas. i have come again here today to advance a

and activates lorna cameron, on a visit to the region, reminded israelis of what still needs to happenltimately, there will not be long term _ ultimately, there will not be long term safety and security and stability _ term safety and security and stability for israel unless there is long-term — stability for israel unless there is long—term safety, security and stability— long—term safety, security and stability for the palestinian people. stability for the palestinian eo - le. ., ., , , stability for the palestinian --eole. . ., , , ., stability for the palestinian eo le. ., ., , , ., ., people. that, though, seems a long wa off, people. that, though, seems a long way off. both _ people. that, though, seems a long way off, both israel _ people. that, though, seems a long way off, both israel and _ people. that, though, seems a long way off, both israel and hamas - way off, both israel and hamas vowing to resume their war as soon as this brief truce is over. back to you, clive. frank, thank you, frank gardner with the mechanics of the deal that resulted in those hostages being release

initially claimed that he had been using the ipad for parliamentary work. 0ur scotland correspondent lornahen he was abroad with his family on holiday almost a year ago. but the details of which only emerged publicly last week. 0pposition parties here have been frankly incredulous of his explanation, that this huge data roaming bill was all because he was doing parliamentary and constituency business on his ipad, pointing out he would have had to send about 8000 work e—mails over 2a hours. well, in a very emotional statement today here at parliament, michael matheson changed his story and he said that he only became aware that other family members had been using his device after public details and this media scrutiny of the roaming charges emerged. as a parent, i wanted to protect my family from being part... from being part of the political and media scrutiny associated with this, something i believe any parent would want to do. i am a father first and foremost. the simple truth is, they were watching — the simple truth is, they were watching football matches. the scottish health _ watchi

thank you for more on tuesday ski races let's bring in princeton university associate research scholar lornaood to see you as always. governor is not on the belt as we know but he is trying hard to color the results he has campaigned for the republican party to turn purple virginia into a red state with a focus of keeping the gop majority in the state an ann and he was to flipe state senate to a gop majority. the question is, can he do it? >> it is a pretty tricky con contest. certainly yunker and is a popular governor. it's a lot to put on him to pull along the state and local races what a lot of the swing state races come down to is our independent and swing voters angrier at democrats than they y are scared of her republicans. that is that balance between what voters perceive as awoken this issues in the public schools that propelled rather youngkin to office in the first place in the abortion issue republicans are not strong on and democrats are happily campaigning on. what is really interesting and vinvirginia particular the quesn is okay youngkin wants control of the state legislature.

our scotland correspondent lorna gordon has more.cal society paid an annualfee of $1 million, about £790,000, the china for the bears. let's get back to the covid inquiry now and our correspondent ellie price is there for us. we heard a great deal this morning which seemed to cover a lot of ground. what was your initial response to the way that matt hancock dealt with some of those questions? we that matt hancock dealt with some of those questions?— that matt hancock dealt with some of those questions? we talked about his tone earlier and _ those questions? we talked about his tone earlier and needless _ those questions? we talked about his tone earlier and needless to - those questions? we talked about his tone earlier and needless to say i those questions? we talked about his tone earlier and needless to say he i tone earlier and needless to say he was indeed pretty defensive about his record. i think the volley of criticism he has faced over the past few weeks will tell you he was quite keen to clear his name. he was talking about

lorna gorton, bbc news, edinburgh zoo. now before we look at the weather we have to show these images of a world record that has been making us cast. kayaking down a 65—foot glacial waterfall in the arctic circle. it is your heart in your stomach? 32—year—old aniol serrasolses paddled through the rapids and ice tunnels of the glacial river, before going down the ice waterfall in svalbard, norway. he described the experience as "like kayaking on another planet". we might all have some words for it. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willetts. have we got some of that weather? certainly we have some wintry weather. some of the coldest november nights for about 12 or 13 years and is leading to some ice and snow issues and freezing fog will just add to the hazards as well. the rain and the snow that we had through devon and, starting to move out of the way. if you wintry showers around the periphery and we will see some icy conditions because temperatures are plummeting away. the mist, low cloud and fog is forming, f

lorna gordon, bbc news, edinburgh zoo.government could and should have locked down three weeks earlier than it did on march the 23rd and that he said that it would have saved many lives. he is the most senior decision—maker at the time to admit that. he also talks about some of the lessons that could be learnt and he has outlined what he felt, what he has outlined what he felt, what he called a vital lesson for the future and that was the uk needed better testing systems. he told the inquiry that he was worried that it was not there right now if there was another pandemic. so mr hancock will continue giving evidence tomorrow and then next week, we have already heard that former prime minister borisjohnson will also be giving evidence at the covid inquiry. we will keep you updated on the covid inquiry here on bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. esop blend, north east scotland and parts of england. and, so at this time of the year in november, very unusual. this chart shows the white areas, w

. >> reporter: joycelyn davis, lorna gail woods and thomas griffin are direct descendants of this africanwis. this image is from around 1900. pollee allen whose african name was kupollee, seen in this 100-year-old sketch, was the ancestor of jeremy ellis and darron patterson. >> no clothes, eating where they defecated, only allowed out of the cargo hold for one day a week for two months. how many people do we know now that could have survived something like that without losing their mind? >> reporter: there are no photographs of pat frazier's great-great grandmother, lottie denison, but caprinxia wallace and her mother cassandra have a surprising number of pictures of their ancestor, kossula, whose enslaver called him cudjo lewis. >> growing up, my mom made sure she told me all the stories that her dad told her about cudjo. >> my dad sat us down and they would make us repeat kossula, cudjo lewis. >> reporter: the story of the "clotilda" began when timothy meaher, a wealthy businessman, hired captain foster to smuggle a ship load of captured africans from the kingdom of dahomey, modern day

lorna pide una compensaciÓn financiera mÍnima de 5,000,000 de dÓlares.inia trabaja para identificar los restos de un padre y su hijo asesinados hace 35 aÑos. los investigadores sospechan que eran trabajadores inmigrantes que habrÍan sido arrollados por un conductor que luego de hacerlo huyÓ del lugar. hasta dÍa de hoy las autoridades tampoco conocen la identidad de este chofer que escapo. el momento de crear una empresa es ahora. este fin de semana se celebra sÁbado de las pequeÑas empresas. ely conversÓ con isabel guzmÁn. cabeza de la administraciÓn de pequeÑos negocios de la administraciÓn de joe biden y nos explica todo lo que usted si quiere un pequeÑo negocio necesita saber. ely: una de cada cinco empresas en estados unidos es dirigida por un inmigrante. Éste puede ser tu momento con el nuevo plan de la casa blanca para apoyar a las pequeÑas empresas. [habla en inglÉs] Éstas son realmente la columna vertebral de nuestra economÍa. crean 2/3 de los nuevos puestos de trabajo, emplean a la mitad de la mano de obra privada, producen mÁs del 40% de nuestr

lorna, the grant contract manager in the da office. included in the a & e packet we have retroactive letter and basically it is just administrative in nature because the grant has been included in an annual budget submission, so technically we do have the authority to accept and expend it and we are only doing this process to meet the requirements of our funding agency that requires the resolution separate. >> that is the question i-answer i need. so it means with this--clearly not a large amount but i want to understand the protocol and process. it was part of the budget proposal for the fiscal year of 23-24 and that during the budget process approval we already did approve overall budget inclusive of this grant, accept we are independently doing this resolution so you can meet your grant requirement? >> correct. >> thank you. not trying to put you on the spot. just a technicalty i wantsed to understand about the ret row activity. thank you. let's go to public comment on this item. >> if any members of the public who wish to speak on

it's got a labour mp, lorna fitzsimons at the time. she's very pro israel.it went liberal democrat and a big proportion of muslim voters went liberal democrats because of the iraq war and the fact that blair took us, taken us into it, and a similar sort of scenario could occur here where starmer loses a proportion of the muslim vote and the tories, the conservatives , hold on to seats conservatives, hold on to seats that they might have lost because the tories are not calling for a ceasefire either. >> so he's behaving more like somebody from the tory party than he is. >> and this is his problem within his own party. and so where he wants to, you know, where he wants to, you know, where he wants to, you know, where he needs votes in these red wall in hyndburn , in red wall seats in hyndburn, in places like blackburn and burnley and places like that , if burnley and places like that, if he loses some of the some of the vaults to the liberal democrat 5, vaults to the liberal democrat s, then the conservatives remain in those seats. and that's the problem is go

lorna, the grant contract manager in the da office. & e packet we have retroactive letter and basically it is just administrative in nature because the grant has been included in an annual budget submission, so technically we do have the authority to accept and expend it and we are only doing this process to meet the requirements of our funding agency that requires the resolution separate. >> that is the question i-answer i need. so it means with this--clearly not a large amount but i want to understand the protocol and process. it was part of the budget proposal for the fiscal year of 23-24 and that during the budget process approval we already did approve overall budget inclusive of this grant, accept we are independently doing this resolution so you can meet your grant requirement? >> correct. >> thank you. not trying to put you on the spot. just a technicalty i wantsed to understand about the ret row activity. thank you. let's go to public comment on this item. >> if any members of the public who wish to speak on this matter, kindl