lorna gordon.pped two women and cut their throats, before leaving one of them dead in a freezer in a disused house. mujahid arshid, from kingston in south london, is facing multiple charges, including the rape and murder of 20—year—old celine dookhran, which he denies. jon donnison is following the case at the old bailey. very distressing case, what has the jury been told. 20-year-old celine dookhran was the niece. the prosecution alleged that injuly last year, he kidnapped selena and another young woman who cannot be named for legal reasons. they were bound and gagged, allegedly, and he took them to a vacant property he had been working on as a builder in south—west london and the prosecution alleged that there, he raped and he slit their throats. salim died, the second woman was able to talk mujahid arshid into letting her go —— three died. she then went on to alert police. a second man also appeared in court. 28 years old. he is accused of assisting m arshid in initial kidnapping. both men denie

lorna gordon, bbc news, edinburgh.d he won't stand down over racist comments made by his girlfriend. mr bolton says his romance withjo marney is over after she sent texts saying prince harry's fiancee meghan markle would taint the royal family. jo marney has been suspended from ukip over the comments, which she has apologised for. 0ur political correspondent iain watson has been following this for us. he says he won't stand down but there is huge pressure on him to do so, isn't there? that's right, another year, another ukip leader crisis. henry bolton seems to be digging his heels in but the question is all about his political judgment. some people in the party are suggesting that either he gives up are suggesting that either he gives up his girlfriend or hisjob. when i spoke to him earlier it was clear he was distancing himself from jo marney‘s racist remarks but less clear how much he's distancing himself from her. she's absolutely devastated by the impact of the messages that have now come out. without in any way d

our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports.s scotland's national book town, and among the many book shops here, one is available to rent for a week at a time. it's run by enthusiasts who want to be surrounded by books while trying their hand at selling some, too. right, helen mcdonald... alison drury is a police community support officer community support officer from bicester — but not this week. instead she is stacking book shelves and shifting stock. you are paying for the privilege of running a book shop for a week — what do your friends make of it? a bit of a mixture. i think some of them think that i'm a bit eccentric and think that it's a very strange thing to do. by the same token, i've got some friends who think it's extremely exciting and they're very excited for me and actually a bit envious. have you been enjoying it? i have. you can tell, can't you? the temporary book store boss has free rein — displays can change and so too can the promotions. the chance to run a book shop for a week or two has proved popular. peo

lorna gordon, bbc news, abington.ry bennell has told a court that the former wales manager gary speed was one of four men who went on to take their own lives after being coached by bennell. the 64—year—old is on trial at liverpool crown court. he denies 48 counts of sexual abuse against 11 boys between 1979 and 1990. 0ur sports editor, dan roan, is there. well, we are now into the second week of this trial, and today the jury week of this trial, and today the jury heard from a victim who barry bennell has admitted abusing back in 1998 when he was handed a nine—year jail sentence. this man told the jury jail sentence. this man told the jury that the former wales manager gary speed, who hung himself in 2011 aged 42, was one of four former youth team members of bennell‘s who had gone on to commit suicide. the man told the court, whether they have taken their lives due to barry soley, i don't know, but all i know is how it has impacted on me and how it could impact on others. the man went on to say he had known other peop

lorna gordon has the details.ur has a loyal following but the amount of sugar in irn bru is about to be halved and not everyone is happy. of sugar in irn bru is about to be halved and not everyone is happylj got up one morning after a night out, went for the usual irn bru and i was going through facebook and i heard the sad news. just don't do it. don't do it! you are not leaving out any option to get the original stuff. it's part of our culture. it's a scottish national treasure. up it's a scottish national treasure. up you come. ryan is storing bottles in his attic. he is also behind a petition calling for the soft drink to remain unchanged. more than 20,000 people have now signed. the makers of irn bru say the vast majority of its drinkers want to consume less sugar and they say that most people won't taste the difference but there are rumours that irn bru enthusiasts are stockpiling the drink ahead of the changes and some of the shelves in this in have already being cleared. irn bru, is ita this in have alread

lorna gordon, bbc news, abington.recruiting and retaining nursing staff in nhs england has been underlined by figures obtained exclusively by the bbc. one in ten nurses are leaving the nhs in england every year, and the gap between those leaving and joining has widened to 3000. the royal college of nursing says it's a crisis, but ministers say they have plans to boost recruitment, as our health editor hugh pym reports. voices from the front line, nurses on the challenges of theirjobs in the 70th year of the nhs. no one does it for the money, the power or the prestige. they do it because it's in their bones. just having a lot of patients to look after per one member of staff. so, patient to staff ratio is quite high. much of the work that nurses carry out today is the type of work the doctors were carrying out when i initially trained. but for some like mary, the pressures are so great they feel they have to quit. she qualified two years ago, but she found the strain was affecting her health, so decided to leave. i was

lorna gordon, bbc news, abington.ort minister about how the disruption is being caused. one in ten nurses is leaving the nhs in england every year — according to the latest figures. and the gap between the number leaving and those joining has widened to 3000 — the highest for at least 5 years. the royal college of nursing says the nhs is haemorrhaging staff but the government says it has plans to boost recruitment. our health editor hugh pym reports. voices from the front line. nurses on the challenges of their jobs in the 70th year of the nhs. they do it because it's in their bones, they have this desire to care for the most vulnerable people. just having a lot of patience to look after... per one member of staff. patient—to—staff ratio, it's quite high. much of the work that nurses carry out today is the type of work doctors were carrying out when i initially trained. but for some, like mary, the pressures are so great they feel they have to quit. she qualified two years ago, but found the strain was affecting her h

here's our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon. is a disease that can be caught early by a smear test. but for most of her 20s, lauren bene avoided having it done even though she was getting constant reminders from her gp. there were quite a few reasons that prevented me from doing it. i was nervous about what the medical professionals might think itjust by looking at me, i thought about the underwear i would wear, were i would put it when i took it off. her test picked up severely abnormal precancerous cells, she has had treatment and been given the all clear. the aim of the smear test is to pick up any changes in a cervix, the cells at the neck of the womb. it takes a few minutes and in most instances it is carried out by a nurse in a space like this. and yet some women do not turn up for the check. virtually all of my patients feel the need to apologise to me, i am sorry i did not shave, or had a shower yesterday and my answer is, i do not think about that, i am here to do a job. and that is that. this survey suggests there is a

lorna gordon has the details.has been called scotland's other national drink, and the fizzy beverage with its distinctive orange colour has a loyal following. but the amount of sugar in irn bru is about to be halved. and not everyone is happy. i got up one morning after a night out and i is happy. i got up one morning after a night outand i had is happy. i got up one morning after a night out and i had gone to the usual irn bru and i was going through facebook and i heard the news, the sad news. just couldn't do it. couldn't do it. and without any option to get the original stuff. it is part of our culture, it is a scottish national treasure. ryan is storing bottles in his arctic. this is my stash. he is also behind a petition calling for the soft drink to remain unchanged. more than 20,000 people have now signed. the makers of irn bru said the vast majority of its drinkers want to consume less sugar and they say that most people won't taste the difference. it are rumours that irn bru enthusiast are stockpiling th

lorna gordon, bbc news, abingdon. renton, who joins us from abington in lanarkshire. tell us about the conditions and prospects for the next 2a hours. tell us about the conditions and prospects for the next 24 hours. we are standing just above the 74, the road that was so badly affected last night. this runs right through the middle of the amber warning and it is predicted to start around nine o'clock this evening and once again concerns that the road could be affected. preparations had been made through the day, the grifters have been out, and some of them have got great names well. salter scott, one of the grifters out here. many of them out today trying to avoid problems as we had last night for the scottish government has apologised to those stuck in their ca i’s apologised to those stuck in their ca rs last apologised to those stuck in their cars last night, the police have increased a travel warning to their highest warning, level four, saying if you're in an area affected by the amber warning then do not travel

lorna gordon, bbc news, abington.m bbc weather centre is here with me. sir double scot working hard overnight. assist in driving snow, how unusual is that for a place like scotland in the middle of winter? funny you should say that, not that unusual. clearly there are impacts from them. still 36 centimetres of white stuff on the ground. it is a persistence of the snow showers that have come in and just how much snow each one of these have dumped in some of the same areas, which is why there has been such a rough 2a hours. great extent through scotland, northern ireland and northern england and we're still not really out of it. tonight is going to be pretty bad by all accounts. this isn't snow showers, this is an organised by the system coming in from the atlantic, a proper band of wet weather coming in. what can we expect into tomorrow morning. a lot of this is across other parts of the uk, going to fall as rain. rain, sleetand other parts of the uk, going to fall as rain. rain, sleet and snow in northern ireland. loo

lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow. time for a look at the weather. hope it's not going to be as cold as in new no, thankfully not. that isa as in new no, thankfully not. that is a tremendous temperature, isn't it? it is going to turn colder, drier, with quite a frost on saturday night. increasing amount of sunshine of the weekend goes on. this picture was taken today on the somerset levels in between the showers across this part of the uk. further north and higher up, we have seen snow falling in the peak district and then the staffordshire hills for a while. that weather is moving away, heading towards lincolnshire and the wash and should be mostly rain. a bit of sunshine now with a brighter day for northern ireland. colder across the board. damp weather in scotland, a mixture of rain, sleet and some hill snow. it will sink its way southwards overnight, mostly ending up in northern england. colder air beginning to arrive across scotland later in the night. a chilly night. temperatures went to be far of freezing. fog patches, which will lift in the m

our correspondent lorna gordon is in lanarkshire with the latest tonight.. the snow is falling once again, but so far, the traffic here is still moving. the scottish government says the country is experiencing the most challenging weather conditions it has placed in a number of years. out in force and preparing for the worst.

lorna gordon, bbc news, wigtown. time for a look at the weather, with louise lear. it is the 2nd of january and the talk is all about no alcohol, no sugar, it is all pretty depressing! and the weather is not helping the clu b and the weather is not helping the club blanket of cloud across the country at the moment, and for the remainder of this week, it looks as though it's going to be windy, with gales at times. this is the story and this is why it looks so bleak. there is a lot of cloud and the rain is sweeping from west to east eddies and once that clears away it's going to be replaced by more. but this time it will be the strength of the wind. this is storm eleanor and on its southern flank we are likely to see gusts of up to 80mph through the night to night. probably clearing northern ireland around midnight, heading towards a southern scotland and north—west england and north wales. 80mph is enough to cause disruption. the strong bit of the winds easing to the east of the pennines as we go through the morning. for the far north of scotla nd morning. for the fa

our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, is in glasgow. how unexpected are these figures?as doubled compared to the same period last year, but what the figures released this morning show is there is a real increase in waiting times for some of those people who have been attending a&e with just over a fifth of those attending a&e in scotland not admitted discharged or transferred within four hours, which is the government target. now, health board here in scotland have been taking measures to try and cope with the challenge, we are seeing some gps opening on saturdays in some gps opening on saturdays in some area, others are increasing shifts, other airsia cancelled non—urgent surgery. the health secretary here has apologised, so too as the first minister, she says nhs scotland is facing exceptional pressures but insisted that the health service is coping, opposition parties here are being very critical of these figure, and the conservatives say they are nothing short of a disgrace. thank you lorna. our top story this lunchtime. theresa may's ministerial reshuffle continues

here's our correspondent, lorna gordon.can be caught early by a smear test. but for most of her 20s, lauren bene avoided having it done even though she was getting co nsta nt done even though she was getting constant reminders from her gp. there were quite a few reasons that prevented me from doing it. i was nervous about what the medical professionals might think itjust by looking at me, i thought about the underwear i would wear, were i would put it when i took it off. picked up severely abnormal precancerous cells, she has had treatment and been given the all clear. the aim of the smear test is to pick up any changes in a cervix, the cells at the neck of the womb. it takes a few minutes and in most instances it is carried out by a nurse ina instances it is carried out by a nurse in a space like this. and yet some women do not turn up for the cheque. virtually all of my patients feel the need to apologise to me, i am sorry feel the need to apologise to me, i am sorry i did not shave, or had a shower yesterday and my answe

lorna gordon, bbc news, abingdon.our correspondent catriona renton, whojoins us from abington in lanarkshire. it's still coming down, and that forecast - worry many, because it forecast must worry many, because it is going to get worse again? just for you, simon, it is going to get worse again? just foryou, simon, it has is going to get worse again? just for you, simon, it has got an awful lot worse while we have been waiting to go on air! you will see that the road is clear at the moment, and thatis road is clear at the moment, and that is of course a very different picture to what lorna was just telling you about. now we have an amber warning telling you about. now we have an amberwarning again telling you about. now we have an amber warning again for the south—west of scotland for the parts of the country, strathclyde, lanarkshire ayrshire and also the borders, those are the areas that we re borders, those are the areas that were affected badly last night, and expecting it to be bad again tonight. the police have a

been running forfour years, and there are no vacancies until 2020. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon here, one is available to rent for a week at a time. it‘s run by enthusiasts who want to be surrounded by books while trying their hand at selling some too. alison drury is a police community support officer from bicester, but not this week. instead, she is stacking book shelves and shifting stock. you are paying for the privilege of running a book shop for a week. what do your friends make of it? a bit of a mixture. i think some of them think that i‘m a bit eccentric and think that it‘s a very strange thing to do. by the same token, i‘ve got some friends who think it‘s extremely exciting and are very excited for me and actually a bit envious. have you been enjoying it? i have. you can tell, can‘t you?! the temporary book store boss has free rein. displays can change, so too can the promotions. the chance to run a book shop for a week or two has proved popular. people have come from as far away as new zealand, north america and south korea to run this place. there was a couple in thei

our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. from the air, it is stunning.t, stranded drivers stuck for hours. terrible, cars, lorries everywhere. for hours, stuck on the m74. lots of idiots in the third lane going to fast. steady, but it was getting worse, so i chose to stop here, i'm not going on to glasgow. these pictures show just these pictures showjust how dangerous the conditions can be, a runaway lorry smashing into a car and van after the driver got out to help clear the road. nobody was injured. mountain rescue teams turned from the hills to the roads, checking the drivers were safe. a lot of vehicles were struggling to get grip. the issue was that there we re get grip. the issue was that there were a lot of lorries jackknife in, which was blocking the motorway behind. we were called in by police scotla nd behind. we were called in by police scotland to basically go and check the welfare for the people in the vehicles. the difficult whether rich to give of england as well. in halifax, yorkshire, the public helping out after an ambulance responding

that's what holidaymakers are being given the chance to do in wigtown in scotland — as lorna gordon reportsscotland is a small town where they like their books — a lot. wigtown is scotland's national book town and among the many bookshops here, one is available to rent for a week at a time. it's run by enthusiasts who want to be surrounded by books while trying their hand at selling some too. alison drury is a police community support officer from bicester, but not this week. instead, she is stacking bookshelves and shifting stock. you are paying for the privilege of running a bookshop for a week. what do your friends make of it? a bit of a mixture. i think some of them think that i'm a bit eccentric and think that it's a very strange thing to do. by the same token, i've got some friends who think it's extremely exciting and are very excited for me and actually a bit envious. have you been enjoying it? i have. you can tell, can't you?! the temporary book store boss has free rein. displays can change. so too can the promotions. the chance to run a bookshop for a week or two has proved popula

target, and the lowest since records began nearly three years ago. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordonup in that and had to wait a considerable amount of time in a&e, it showed that nearly 5700 people, just over a fifth of those attending a&e had to wait longer than their scottish government target time and then they were treated and discharged and more than 1000 had to wait more than eight hours. the worst performing health board in scotla nd worst performing health board in scotland for this snapshot of the week in question was nhs forth valley which saw just 57% of week in question was nhs forth valley which sawjust 57% of people treated within the target time. the scottish health minister has been standing up in the scottish parliament this afternoon to give a statement on this matter. she said that scotland was facing and the nhs was facing sustained challenges, some of them weather related, there was an increase of people who had slipped and fallen in the bad weather and one assumes, fracturing or breaking bones and there has been an increase in the number of people with flu. she

our scotland correspondent lorna gordon is in lanarkshire with the latest for us this morning.nded on this stretch. as you say, this morning, the traffic is moving slowly. it is an interesting situation overnight. i think drivers we re situation overnight. i think drivers were heeding the warning, that really heavy—duty warning, not to travel if at all possible in the areas were the worst of the weather was forecast. this road, which is the main link road, between scotland, was almost deserted for a fleet of critters. i think that helped the situation. perhaps the weather here was not quite as bad as forecast. there is still a lot of snow. it might be a slightly different situation. there is still a warning in place. one other thing to note is the borders of the schools there will be closed for a second day. the public spending watchdog says taxpayers could face a bill of almost 200—billion pounds for deals signed under private finance initiatives. pfis cover companies like carillion — and the national audit office says there are more than 700 deals still in place. ben is here

until 2020, and the concept could soon be branching out into asia. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordonng the many shops here, one is available to rent for a week at a time. it is run by enthusiasts who want to be surrounded by books while trying their hand at selling some as well. right, helen mcdonald... alison drury is a police officer, but not this week. instead she is stacking bookshelves and shifting stock. you are paying for the privilege of running a bookshop for a week. what do yourfriends running a bookshop for a week. what do your friends make of it? a bit of a mixture. ithink do your friends make of it? a bit of a mixture. i think some of them think that i am a bit eccentric and think that i am a bit eccentric and think it is a very strange thing to do. by the same token i have some friends who think it is extremely exciting and are excited for me and a bit envious. have you been enjoying it? i have. you can tell, can't you ? enjoying it? i have. you can tell, can't you? the temporary book store boss has free rein. displays can change. so can the promotions. the chance to ru

well, earlier i asked the bbc‘s scotland correspondent lorna gordon what these figures meant.warnings that the number of people in scotland suffering from flu has doubled compared to the same period last year. it is worth drilling down to those figures you touched on in your introduction. what we have seen isa your introduction. what we have seen is a small increase in the number of attendances. if you look at the compilable, the closest comparable period last year, there is a large increase in the number not seen within those for our targets. this year come in the period over the festive break, 5686 were not dealt with in the four hour target. 1156 not seen within eight hours. that co m pa res to not seen within eight hours. that compares to 85 in the same period last year. compares to 85 in the same period last yea r. 272 compares to 85 in the same period last year. 272 had to wait over 12 hours in cars of the match, that co m pa res to hours in cars of the match, that compares to three patients who had to wait over 12 hours in the compilable period. put the figures but unpr

ok, thank you for bringing us up—to—date with that, lorna gordon.a may is talking about a blueprint for the next 25 yea rs, about a blueprint for the next 25 years, but it could be more than that, couldn't it is these ideas are also backed up in law? we are setting out a comprehensive vision to achieve the objectives set out by the prime minister. we already have a number of different strategies, regulations and legislation in place. where we need to legislate in the future we can do that. for example we have banned micro beads in certain kinds of cosmetic products and we are looking forward to the scottish government fulfilling their pledge to do the same as well, but nevertheless it is about improving asi nevertheless it is about improving as i say our air, the quality of habitats, about other things like creating half 1 million habitats, about other things like creating half! million hectares of habitat, the size of northumberland, and that is important to make sure nature flourishes in the future. and this is the whole point, preserving and crea

earlier i spoke to our scotland correspondent lorna gordon, and began by asking her to explain the mainwas held in the building behind me, at edinburgh university. she takes us through the three scenarios, potential scenarios of the uk leaving the eu, nicola sturgeon, saying this analysis fire more detailed than anything provided so more detailed than anything provided so far by the uk government. the three scenarios she goes into art of course the uk staying in the single market, preferential free course the uk staying in the single market, preferentialfree trade canada market, preferentialfree trade ca na da style market, preferentialfree trade canada style agreement and a so—called hard brexit underworld trade organisation rules. let me very clear this analysis shows that none of these options are as good as staying in eu. our economy will take a hit under all of them. however least damaging option by far is staying in the single market. of course these are just projections but they are pretty detailed. this analysis suggested that staying in this single market would cost every singl

years ago and has proved so popular, it's booked solidly until 2020. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordone surrounded by books while trying their hand at selling some too. alison drury is a police community support officer from bicester, but not this week. instead, she is stacking book shelves and shifting stock. you are paying for the privilege of running a book shop for a week. what do your friends make of it? a bit of a mixture. i think some of them think that i'm a bit eccentric and think that it's a very strange thing to do. by the same token, i've got some friends who think it's extremely exciting and are very excited for me and actually a bit envious. have you been enjoying it? i have. you can tell, can't you?! the temporary book store boss has free rein. displays can change, so too can the promotions. the chance to run a book shop for a week or two has proved popular. people have come from as far away as new zealand, north america and south korea to run this place. there was a couple in their 80s who came on honeymoon, and others who liked the town so much that they stayed. this s

our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports.vailable to rent for a week at a time. it's run by enthusiasts who want to be surrounded by books while trying their hand at selling some too. alison drury is a police community support officer from bicester, but not this week. instead, she is stacking book shelves and shifting stock. you are paying for the privilege of running a book shop for a week. what do your friends make of it? a bit of a mixture. i think some of them think that i'm a bit eccentric and think that it's a very strange thing to do. by the same token, i've got some friends who think it's extremely exciting and are very excited for me and actually a bit envious. have you been enjoying it? i have. you can tell, can't you?! the temporary book store boss has free rein. displays can change, so too can the promotions. the chance to run a book shop for a week or two has proved popular. people have come from as far away as new zealand, north america and south korea to run this place. there was a couple in their 80s who came