lorna gordon there with the latest. _ should not be repeated. lorna gordon there with the latest.e been telling you world leaders are arriving to attend that two—day summit for the 620. it is a meeting of the 19 biggest economies of the world, as well as the european union, making up the 620. lots of questions about whether there is much by way of achievements, or whether it is the real work getting done on the sidelines of this event. as you can see there, the us president, joe biden, arriving on air force one, just touching down in delhi. it is a stellar guest list, world leaders arriving at one of the biggest state offence that india has ever hosted. there are two notable exceptions, of course, the russian president vladimir putin, and the chinese premier, xijinping, not making the visit to delhi. lots of issues, not least the war in ukraine, but many of other things to discuss, and the real work may get done on the sidelines. headlines coming up. hello. the weather is set to change over the next few days, but in the short term, our september heatwave goes on. some of the clear

lorna gordon _ hamilton west in october. many thanks.y in paris, where the hosts france play new zealand. all the home nations are then in action over the opening weekend. england, who were beaten in the finalfour years ago, have had one of the most challenging build ups to a world cup after a dramatic loss of form. our sports editor dan roan has been with the squad as they get ready in le touquet. england's players have been enjoying the tranquil way of life in this quaint corner of northern france, but the length of their stay here is uncertain. amid a turbulent build—up to the world cup, they tried something different at training today... cheering. ..but there has been very little to celebrate recently. a troubled warm—up campaign ended with an embarrassing first ever defeat to fiji, the eighth loss of a dismal year. there were injuries to key players, and the suspension of captain owen farrell, ruling him out of the start of the tournament. but today, one of the squad's most experienced players told me they were determined to make am

live now to lorna gordon at the high court in aberdeen. ll us a bit more about network rail's guilty plea. how significant is it? a real contrast between the very dry legal narrative we are hearing inside court and the utter loss and grief experienced by those who were injured and the families of those who died. within the last few minutes, a solicitor representing christopher's touch pre—�*s family i've come outside court here, and the solicitor said on his behalf there was no chance to hold his hand and take care of him. the chance to say goodbye. that the incompetence on behalf of network rail beggars belief. we have also heard an account for the first time from a 32—year—old who suffered life changing injuries he was on the train at the time. she said that the 3.5 seconds at the driver had to try to avoid the debris on the track, to try to break when he was going at a speed of 73 mph, just didn't feel typical. it was like floating or sliding, like when you are in a car. it was a noise like metal dragging along metal, and you can never f

lorna gordon, offer is needed to end the industrialaction. lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow. would be useful to an enemy. 0ur correspondent daniel de simone is at westminster magistrates court. defied bulgarian nationals appeared here at westminster magistrates�* court this morning —— the five of them. they were arrested in february and charged last week with conspiracy to conduct espionage. the five have lived in the uk for several years and some of them had apparently normaljobs. but the allegation is that they were secretly operating as a spy cell working on behalf of the russian state. the court heard new details about the case today. it is alleged that this group were involved in surveillance on targets both here and in europe, and that this surveillance was apparently for the purpose of assisting russia to carry out hostile action, including potential abductions. 0ne out hostile action, including potential abductions. one of the defendants, 0rlin roussev, is alleged to have run the cell from a seaside guesthouse in great yarmouth in norfolk was that he is said to have r

lorna gordon in edinburgh, thank you. got tangled up in a fishing net on a south african beach. members of the public at west coast national park saw they were in distress and were able to cut through the nets to help them. it meant the pair were eventually freed and were able to make their way back into the sea. 2a hours after azerbaijan's army launch an operation in nagorno—karabakh — reports of a ceasefire with ethnic armenian forces. penalties for those defy islamic dress code for up to a year. and prince charles and queen camilla in france with a state dinner this evening. let's get more now on our top story, king charles and queen camilla are beginning their three—day state visit to france today. the royal couple will visit paris and bordeaux. they will attend a ceremony with macron president at the arc de triomphe and then attend a dinner at the elysee palace. lots of people have shown up on the champs—elysees to welcome king charles and queen

lorna gordon, thank you. 174 schools in england are now known to be affected by crumbling concrete, 27 checking hundreds of schools every week for reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, known as raac. ellie price reports. banging. they knew they had a problem with raac at this school in sandbach a year ago. it put the dinner hall out of action, but after a lot of this... the kids should finally be let back in in about five weeks' time. so this is our temporary dining marquee. so around 12 months ago we moved out of the raac building. the dfe have been really supportive, they gave us the funding to get the solution in place right away. obviously the main challenge with this space over the course of the winter has obviously been plummeting temperatures. you know, not as good as a permanent building. 174 schools in england have found themselves in a similar position this term, with 27 identified in the last two weeks. that affects just over 120,000 pupils. 85% of schools affected are open now for full face—to—face learning, but one school is still having all its lessons online. the peopl

lorna gordon, thank you.lhi for the g20 summit — a meeting of leaders of the world's 19 largest economies, plus the european union. among the issues for discussion is russia's invasion of ukraine. two of the most powerful men in the world were on the guest list for the summit, but aren't there — russia's president vladimir putin and president xi of china. samira hussain sent this report. prime minister rishi sunak landed in india, he was greeted by indian dignitary, and dancers. but the colourful arrival won't mask the thorny issues at play. mr sunakry rated his commitment to supporting the most vulnerable but made it clear the uk will support ukraine. one of the priorities i have being here, is to highlight the impact of russia's war on millions of vulnerable people round the world, and that is the impact of food price, recently russia has pulled out of something called the black sea grain initiative which allowed wheat and other food to leave ukraine, ukraine produces an enormous amount of the world's food.

lorna gordon, bbc news, the high court in aberdeen.er has appeared in court charged with rape and threatening to kill — after a woman was allegedly attacked and forced into a car. our special correspondent lucy manning is at scotland yard. pc cliff mitchell was arrested on tuesday after a member of the public found a distressed woman in south—west london. it's alleged that the woman had been attacked in a property and then forced into a car. when the metropolitan police investigated, they discovered the suspect was a member of their own force, pc mitchell, and he was then arrested. in court today at westminster magistrates�* court, the court heard an allegation that he held the woman at knife—point. the met said in a statement that he was not on duty at the time and the woman was known to him. he has now been suspended. he has been charged with six counts of rate, not keeping to a non—molestation order and with threats to kill. and the court heard that he was finishing the second year of a three—year apprenticeship with the met, and th

here's more from our scotland correspondent lorna gordon.at the only option opened to him was a fine and sentencing. lord matthew said that network rail�*s level of culpability was high, that there were deaths, and that a large number of people he said, opportunities to take appropriate action may have been missed, but he also said that network rail had accepted responsibility and taken significant remedial measures. he added that had the case gone to trial, the fine would have been £10 million, but that it had been reduced by a third because network rail had pleaded guilty. network rail had accepted that a series of failures had led up to the crash that included a failure to inspect, to maintain a drainage system in the area, and failing to warn the driver of the train that the track was unsafe. while speaking outside the court after that fine was imposed, the father of the driver of the train, brett mcculloch, who is of course one of the three individuals who died on that day back in august 2020 when this train derailed, he said that his s

lorna gordon is outside holyrood. tell us more about the plans.ack here _ tell us more about the plans. isis, his first day back here after the summer recess, the first programme for government from a first minister five months into thejob, try to stamp his mark on government. he said it was a programme that would have a focus on supporting women and to that end, there was an acceleration and expansion of free childcare in scotland, making it available in some areas for children for nine months of age to the end of primary school. he also said front line care workers in scotland would receive a pay boost to £12 per hour, that would be worth a couple of thousand pounds a year to some workers, he also announced a consultation on banning single use vapes. visit the headline issues, he also announced would be a bit on tackling misogyny, more money for social housing. it was also at times a deeply personal speech. humza yousaf spoke of his grandfather of his faith and his wife's multiple miscarriages, saying there would be more help for those similarly

our scotland correspondent lorna gordon is on a picket line in glasgow for us this morning. hat is unison. so for instance in edinburgh and aberdeen city, all of the schools are closed. in glasgow, the situation is a bit more complicated, senior students in the secondary schools can still go in but the two schools behind me, a primary school and an additional support needs school, are both closed. i have been speaking to the workers this morning who say the offer that has been made to them is too little too late, they are very angry, they say that yes it equates to £2000 per yearfor the angry, they say that yes it equates to £2000 per year for the lowest paid on the scottish government's living wage, but that actually is equating to just £1 per hour, and some of their members are now working two or three jobs, four jobs, to pay their bills. they are very angry, they want more money, and they are on strike for the next few days. and they are on strike for the next few da s. . ~ and they are on strike for the next few da s. ., ~ ,, and they are on strike for the next few da 5.