louise porton was found guilty yesterday of killing three—year—old lexi draper and i7—month—old scarlett, in acts described by the judge as evil and calculated. two package holiday firms have collapsed, affecting more than 50,000 travellers. the companies, super break and late rooms, were part of malvern group, which has ceased trading. the group said hotel—only holidays would be cancelled, and people currently on holiday might have to pay again. the government is planning to create up to ten free ports across the uk after brexit, it was announced today. the government is planning to create up to ten free ports across the uk after brexit, it was announced today. international trade secretary liz truss claims this will create "thousands of jobs". free ports allow firms to import goods and then re—export them outside of normal tax and customs rules. the football season gets under way tonight with the first of the championship fixtures, but it's been a troubling time for league one clubs bury and bolton. bury‘s opening match has been

a jury has found a woman guilty of murdering her two young daughters. 23—year old louise porton from draper and 17—month—old scarlett vaughan early last year. 0ur correspondent sima kotecha has the story. cctv footage showing three—year—old lexi on the left and 17—month—old scarlett, returning home with their mother early last year. she's 23—year—old louise porton, a former model from warwickshire whose selfishness led to the unimaginable. the murder of her two girls, just weeks apart. first it was lexi, who'd been taken to hospital on two occassions before. 0n the 2nd of january last year, louise porton called 111, telling them lexi had stopped breathing. she was kept in hospital overnight. two days later, she called 999 to say lexi had stopped breathing again. paramedics attended the address, revived her and took her to hospital. she was kept in but on the 8th of january, lexi was discharged from hospital and returned home. a week later, another 999 call was made and this time the emergency services found lexi dead. ambulance service, is the patient breathing? no. they're not breat

she's 23—year—old louise porton, a former model from warwickshire whose selfishness led to the unimaginable who'd been taken to hospital on two occasions before. 0n the 2nd january last year, louise porton called 111, telling them lexi had stopped breathing. she was kept in hospital overnight. two days later, she called 999 to say lexi had stopped breathing again. paramedics attended the address, revived her and took her to hospital. she was kept in but on the 8th january, lexi was discharged from hospital and returned home. a week later, another 999 call was made, and this time the emergency services found lexi dead. ambulance service, is the patient breathing? no. they‘ re not breathing? no. 0k, and who is it we're talking about? lexi, she's three. she's three? during the trial, witnesses told the jury that porton seemed like an unloving mother who did whatever she could not to have her children. she had an incredibly active social life and her daughters interfered with what she wanted to do and with whom she wanted to do it with. 18 days after lexi's death, scarlett was also murdered. wh

louise porton from rugby murdered three—year—old lexi draper in january last year and then killed 17—crown court tomorrow. sima kotecha reports. cctv footage showing three—year—old lexi on the left and 17—month—old scarlett returning home with their mother early last year. she is 23—year—old louise porton, a former model from warwickshire, whose selfishness led to the unimaginable. the murder of her two girls, just weeks apart. first it was lexi, who had been taken to hospital on two occasions days earlier, after she had stopped breathing. then, this. ambulance service. is the patient breathing? no. they are not breathing? no. 0k. who is it we are talking about? lexi. she is three. she is three? yes. 0k. she's unconscious and she's not breathing. help has been arranged. 0k? when the paramedics arrived lexi was already dead. she had been suffocated. during the trial witnesses told the jury that porton seemed like an unloving mother who did whatever she could not to have her children. she had an incredibly active social life and her daughters interfered with what she wanted to do and wi

louise porton killed three—year old lexi draper, and 17—month—old scarlett vaughan, seen here on cctv responsibility for their deaths, but was convicted at birmingham crown court. police in madagascar are trying to find the body of a cambridge university student, who fell to her death after opening the door of a small plane in mid—air. alana cutland, who was 19 and from milton keynes, died last week. the polls have closed in the brecon and radnorshire by—election. it was triggered after the conservative mp chris davies lost his seat in a recall petition by his constituents following an expenses scandal. if the tories lose their seat, boris johnson's majority in the commons will be cut to one. campaigners are calling for more training and better understanding of domestic abuse victims, as their cases go through the courts system. many victims say they are left scared and isolated because of poor support and communication. more than a million cases of domestic abuse were recorded in england and wales, between april 2017 and march 2018. there were just over 89,000 prosecutions but only 6

louise porton — the mother who killed her two daughters because they "got in the way of her sex life"s i tempted fate to say it was going well. but at that exact moment, joe root departed. but and this is the reason why the progress remains, rory burns is there in the middle. england put on more than 100 for the second wicket. but if the top order are going to find a basis for the middle order, they are crucial. adam is there. this is an opportunity for the bats men to take advantage of the best conditions we have seen so far in the match? yes, conditions very good. it is very humid, it's hot and sticky and perhaps a little sticky period for england after dismissal of joe root. he has gone for 57. he was going along nicely. he had had a bit of luck earlier on, not least of which when the ball hit his stumps, it we nt when the ball hit his stumps, it went behind, caught by the wicket keeperand it went behind, caught by the wicket keeper and it was given caught behind, because the umpire heard a noise. joe root referred it and was given not out. an extraordinary moment. a wry grin from

murdered her two young daughters because they got in the way of her six life has been jailed for life louise portonjudge said the two young girls were ‘plainly vulenerable' and described porton's actions as ‘evil‘ and ‘calculated'. unionist mps in northern ireland have called for all portraits of the queen to be put back up in the northern ireland office in belfast. it's emerged that pictures of her majesty were removed after a senior civil servant received compensation, claiming he was offended at having to walk past them every day at work. we can cross now to stormont and speak to our ireland correspondent, emma va rdy. all of this sounds extraordinary on the face of it. explain a little bit more about the background on what has been going on here, emma. what is important to explain for viewers first of all is that here in northern ireland, because of the political divide between unionists and nationalists, they will be many people here who consider themselves irish and do not consider the queen as the head of state. we have seen a number of arguments over the years, contentious things over any s

louise porton from rugby murdered 3—year—old lexi draper and 17 month old scarlett vaughan early last? who is it we are talking about? lexi, she is three. ok. so she is unconscious and not breathing? help has been arranged, 0k? breathing? help has been arranged, ok? when the paramedics arrived, lexi was already dead. she had been suffocated. during the trial, witnesses told the jury that she seemed like an unloving mother who did whatever she could not to have her children. she had an incredibly active social life and her daughters interfered with what she wanted to do and with whom she wanted to do it with. 18 days after lexi's death, scarlett was murdered. experts said it looked like she had been strangled. in the aftermath, porton was described as being calm and emotionless. throughout the trial, she has shown no remorse. you're watching afternoon live. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. just the outside chance of one across the west midlands as well. northern ireland mostly largely drive. we might have the odd shower across southern counties of england as

louise porton was found guilty yesterday of killing three—year—old lexi draper and 17—month—old scarlettnly vulnerable and ought to have been able to rely on their mother to protect and nurture them. "instead you took their young lives away." an emergency operation to shore up a dam on the verge of collapse in derbyshire is at a critical stage. these pictures have come into us in the last hour of the raf dropping bags of sand and gravel around toddbrook reservoir. it's in danger of bursting, threatening hundreds of homes in the village of whaley bridge below it. the dam was damaged in recent flooding and parts of its wall collapsed yesterday afternoon. our correspondent, laura foster, is in whaley bridge and told us how the operation is going. its a little bit calmer it was last night, but that doesn't mean new work has stopped. you can see how the engineers are working to clear this area of farmland in order to put more water pumps again, all there to there to try to reduce the pressure on the dam by removing water from the reservoir. up ahead here, you can see where the spillway is, an

it also features louise porton who killed her daughters, aged three and 17—months.s hit an all—time low since it was first recorded 80 years ago. it also follows—up on the death of alana cutland, who fell from a plane above madagascar. and the times carries a photo of kadeeja mellah — she made history by winning the magnolia cup at glorious goodwood believed to be the first person in the uk to appear in a competitive horse race while wearing a hijab. mike is with us. no businessperson because we're both here. we've got results out. clearly facing lots of ppi claims. that amazing story. the first jockey to race wearing a hijab, khadijah mellah. i can't get my head around the fact that she only sat on a horse in april. hadn't even been on a resource before. to get from that in april to be winning a race of goodwood, it's incredible. paving the way for so many more british muslim women to have a go, get a taste of it. because it still feels like it's a sport that is hard to break into. the british muslim foundation estimates you can count the numberof foundation estima