richard d hall was sharing videos and had even written a book about the manchester arena bombing in 2017e was describing how he tracks down survivors at their homes and workplaces to see if they were lying about what had happened to them. those he targeted included martin and eve, who were left with life—changing injuries following the attack. it was last friday the case concluded with the judge awarding martin hibbert £45,000 in damages. legal action, though, can be expensive. if i can help others, you know, bring down, you know, the bad people who want to go after people that have been involved in tragedies, then that would be a nice thing to be done. now martin, along with his legal team, are looking for new ways to be able to support others looking for justice from conspiracy theorists. marianna spring, bbc news. environmental campaigners have kicked off a legal challenge against a decision to approve drilling in the uk's largest untapped oil field. they want to stop the development of rosebank off shetland — as well as the jackdaw gas field in the north sea. our scotland editorjames

counterterrorism i was looking back, in 2017, in one year you had the westminster attack, the manchester arenaack, obviously for your colleagues up in manchester, the london bridge attack, the finsbury park mosque attack, the parsons green bombing. this was a gruesome year. and another year after we have the salisbury poisonings as well, just before i left. is it, have we got lucky that we haven't got a list that long in recent years? we have the most extraordinary counterterrorism model, an unfortunate piece of luck when i compared what we did to what i see in many parts of the world, the tragic history in britain of over 50 years of terrorism, and of course it has been different types of terrorism with irish—related threats, al-qaeda, isis, right wing now in the mix, and work on state threats, that has meant that our model has constantly been challenged and stretched and usually got things right, occasionally got things wrong, learned from inquiries. and so the model of how police and mi5 work together, the legislation that has been built up to give the powers and ability to intervene and do

more than 300 people affected by the manchester arena bombing are told they can't continue their legal at barber shops, as customers pick up skin infections from unhygienic haircuts. coming up on bbc news, we hearfrom manchester city manager pep guardiola for the first time since extending his stay at the club for two more years. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one.

a father and daughter who survived the manchester arena bombing have been awarded £45,000 in damagesrtin hibbert was paralysed from the waist down by the attack; his daughter eve who was 1a at the time suffered brain damage. they sued richard hall for harassment after he published videos and a book claiming the attack was a government hoax and that the pair were what he called "crisis actors". parents are paying over the odds for baby milk formula because of a lack of competition in the market, according to the competition and markets authority. baby formula manufacturing is dominated by just three firms, nestle, danone and kendamil, who account for 90% of sales. our business correspondent marc ashdown has the story. not everyone can or wants to breastfeed. so infant formula is used by millions of new parents, like here in glasgow. even if people are still breastfeeding and formula feeding, it's still something that people are talking about. because it does — it adds up. it's often security tagged which must mean that people are having to steal it to to use it, which is a bit sad. i

the manchester arena bomber, for example , salman bomber, for example, salman abedi, he was rescued fromby the royal navy and russia, russia and iran do seem to be they were propping up assad and they were propping up assad and the regime in syria. they now seem to be a bit distracted . and seem to be a bit distracted. and i didn't see this coming at all. and there's reports on on twitter, there's reports i think i think it's been confirmed by al jazeera. but i'm not sure how how verified, verifiable that is that there's been a coup in syria against against the leader and this is it, you know, this is it. after after years of this simmering under the surface, bashar al assad is gone. >> amazing . it's going to be >> amazing. it's going to be a big influx of immigrants. but again, you know , me, open legs, again, you know, me, open legs, open borders. they call me . open borders. they call me. >> well, this is the thing. see? >> well, this is the thing. see? >> you want them here because they're men. if they were sending women , honestly, if all sending women, honestly, if all the boats c

boys, shawn mendes, and raye — are taking to the red carpet at manchester's co—op live at manchester's co—op live arena for the third time. after her sellout worldwide tour, taylor swift is up for seven awards, leading the nominations for the second year running. so, who should we be looking out for? here's entertainment journalist, nikki 0nafuye. taylor always dominates. one thing she's going to do, she's going to win. so, i will not be surprised if she doesn't take at least three awards tonight. tyla, she's an incredible artist, she is doing amazing at the moment. she was nominated, and ifeel like she will go home with an award or two. she's got, you know, the nominations, so shejust needs to collect those awards. ayra star, after will actress, she is delving ayra star, afrobeat artist, she is delving into different kinds of genres. she's literally in the bollywood genre now as well, she did a remix with ap dhillon, so that's going really well. these are the kind of people that you need to look out for, those that are in the mainstream, but not as popularly widened as much as taylor swift, let's say.

the closure between point arena and manchester. away from a pretty big game. troubling news from the practice field as quarterback brock purdy left early. now, while the injury list for the team seems to never end, purdy was one to catch the team by surprise. cautious at practice wednesday, purdy did not throw any passes. then yesterday, he was seen leaving the field early in pain. christian mccaffrey said all the team can only control is what's in front of them. >> i don't care who's back there for me, i just i got to be in a spot. i got to be there fast. and, you know, i'm just prepared for anything but. but i just control what i can control. >> among other injuries, mccaffrey himself continues to rest and was limited at practice yesterday. george kittle also limited. trent williams did not practice. he's dealing with an ankle injury. nick bosa out again dealing with that oblique injury. the 49ers did say a quarterback will address the media today. but they did not say if it would be purdy or brandon allen who is the backup quart

the closure is right between point arena and manchester and right now there is no estimated time of reopening. napa county bracing for more wet weather after 24 hours of straight rainfall. fortunately, authorities say there were no major outages or emergencies in the county, but for tourists, all of this rain kind of came as a bit of a shock. we spoke with one woman visiting from florida, libby lewis, who says she brought a group of college students with her, all of whom did not bring any rain jackets or gear, told them to bundle up because we knew that at night it would get cold. >> and so we thought we would have wine by the fire pit at our hotel. and it's not quite worked out that way. >> chief meteorologist bill martin, back with us now. and, bill, tomorrow's rain. rain. a little bit more widespread. >> yeah, a different animal. there are two different storms, for sure. i mean, it's part of the same storm, but this atmospheric river that has been going on the last day and a half, two days has been just focused on the north bay. this next system has more of a cold front component to it. i'

stars including the pet shop boys, shawn mendes, and raye will walk the red carpet at manchester 5 co—op live arenaworldwide tour, taylor swift is up for seven awards, leading the nominations for the second year running. let's speak to entertainment journalist nikki 0nafuye. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for having me. we have to start with a taylor swift, leading the nominations again. do you think she will dominate?— she will dominate? taylor alwa s she will dominate? taylor always dominate. - she will dominate? taylor always dominate. one - she will dominate? taylor l always dominate. one think she will dominate? taylor - always dominate. one think she always dominate. 0ne think she is going to do, she is going to win. i will not be surprised if she doesn't to come up with three awards tonight. and she doesn't to come up with three awards tonight. and what is she nominated _ three awards tonight. and what is she nominated for? - three awards tonight. and what is she nominated for? what - three awards tonight. and what is she nominated for? what do| is she nominated for? what d

manchester joins me now. why is your city so popular? >> thank you for having me. i appreciate the opportunity. we set the conditions, we have very low form. it is rivaling downtown at the university of arenaball team, restaurants and have seen that every other day, doing another ribbon-cutting here as well. just last week we had 250 unit target complex here. the question i would ask is why would anybody want to do that? stuart: i noticed kamala harris won manchester by seven points. is that because you are getting a lot of people from massachusetts who are moving to new hampshire and bringing liberal politics with them? >> i think i would -- elected officials always get in trouble when they try to play pundit. i'm looking forward to working with the trump administration, our federal delegation to make sure we are continuing to move manchester forward in the coming years. stuart: have housing prices gone up 10 to straight years? >> one of the things i have to look for in this respect is increasing inventory that i have. a limited amount of supply and demand. in the city of manchester, zoning rewrite, and bring more units in manchester. into the city of manchester, to set the city of her su

the manchester arena inquiry found that abdullah groomed and had a significant influence on salman abediwho killed 22 people in may 2017. shadow justice secretary robert jenrick has said that the justice secretary must intervene. the home office said in a statement tonight the uk has robust measures in place to manage the risk posed by terrorist offenders released from prison and those involved in terrorism related activity in the community. and finally tonight, a uk ticket holder has won the 177 million euromillions jackpot , becoming the third jackpot, becoming the third biggest national lottery winner of all time. the operator allwyn said. the win has landed the winner a spot on the national lottery's rich list, and players are being urged to check their tickets. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, let's go to headliners for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gb news. >> com forward slash alerts . >> com forward slash alerts. >> com forward slash alerts. >> hello and welcome to headlines. i'm sure tha

more than 300 people affected by the manchester arena bombing are told they can't continue their legalction against mi5. and there are calls for tighter regulations at barber shops, as customers pick up skin infections from unhygienic haircuts. coming up on bbc news, we hearfrom manchester city manager pep guardiola for the first time since extending his stay at the club for two more years. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. the energy regulator ofgem has announced its latest price cap from january to march — which covers 26 million households across england, wales and scotland. the latest review will see bills rise by 1.2% from january, meaning a household using a typical amount of gas and electricity will pay £1,738, £21 a year more. despite the rise, it does represent a 10% drop in a typical household's energy bills from january to march this year. but as some homes look ahead to a winter with reduced government support, there are still concerns about making ends meet, as our cost of living correspondent colletta smith explains. so we have three washers here, four t

evenin even in prison he nevertheless, even in prison he was able to communicate with the manchester arena bomber and probably many others that we don't know about. so how effective are these measures? how do terrorists get get round them? how do they get access to technology when it's prevented by law? >> yeah, just by being sneaky basically. and, you know, getting others friends and family, perhaps to buy them a burner phone, that kind of thing. you know , some of them thing. you know, some of them will be on electronic tags , but will be on electronic tags, but if you're not on an electronic tag , you if you're not on an electronic tag, you might not be if you're not on an electronic tag , you might not be subject to tag, you might not be subject to the same type of very stringent requirements that some of the most at risk individuals are. i mean, the real difficulty is if you really are considered to be a genuine and significant and you know , very real threat to you know, very real threat to the public in terms of maybe going out and carrying out another attack, then you would be plac

. >> judges at a specialist tribunal have ruled that more than 300 people affected by the manchester arenambing cannot continue their legal action against m15 . last year's public against m15. last year's public inquiry found m15 had missed a significant chance to take action that may have prevented the attack. as a result, some survivors and people bereaved by the attack brought a case to the investigatory powers tribunal against m15. but in a ruling today, it was ruled that cases could not proceed as they were brought too late. earlier this week we saw farmers take to the streets of london to protest against the government's changes on inheritance tax. victoria atkins, the shadow environment secretary, has sat down with gb news political editor, christopher hope to talk about the extreme pressure our farmers are facing. >> what is so worrying about this is that this literally rips the rug out from under the feet of farmers , who for generations of farmers, who for generations have done nothing more than do the right thing, farm their land, bring their children up to understand how to run

. >> i'm miriam cates and i'm tom harwood a convicted terrorist who groomed the manchester arena bomber salman abedi has been freed from prison despite a parole board saying they fear he will reoffend. >> is this the best? is this in the best interest of the british public? >> and keir starmer has faced demands from not one but two of his mps at prime minister's questions to introduce blasphemy law, including banning desecration of holy books. the prime minister sidestepped the issue. >> from russia with drones, could flying objects spotted over air force bases in the united kingdom really be part of a sinister plot by vladimir putin? all eyes look eastwards as cabinet ministers are banned from russia and questions are asked about a series of strange events across the country . events across the country. >> well, welcome to good afternoon britain. >> an interesting pmqs. >> an interesting pmqs. >> there because, as we said in the headlines, two mps are asking for potentially punishments for desecrating ruining holy books such as the quran. >> yeah, really interesting there. because i se