constance marten and mark gordon in january last year, this was constance marten and mark gordon injanuaryar, as they tried to evade the authorities following the birth of their newborn baby, victoria, who they were worried would be taken into care like their previous four children. on the 1st of march last year, police found victoria's body in a shopping bag in a shed on a brighton allotment. today, constance marten gave evidence in the witness box at the old bailey, are weeping as she said she and mark gordon love their children more than anything in the world. asked if she had been crawl to baby victoria, constance marten said... talking quietly and with a very well spoken accent, she described how she became estranged from her wealthy family because of a traumatic event in her childhood, arguments over her grandmother's will and because her family disapproved of mark gordon. she said she had met him in an indian shop in london and that they had married in peru. she explained that before the birth of their first child, the couple moved to wales to avoid herfamily. they ended up living i

today, constance martin wept as she told the jury that she and mark gordon loved their children moretly and with a very well spoken accent, she described how she became estranged from her wealthy family because of a traumatic event in her childhood, arguments over her grandmother's will and because herfamily disapproved of mark gordon. she said she met him in a shop in london and they married in peru, but their first four children were all removed from them. when their fifth child, victoria, was born, they tried to avoid the authorities, but the plan went wrong when their car caught fire and police realised they'd had another baby. so the couple took to a tent on the south downs, where constance martin said the baby died while she slept sitting up. she tearfully told the jury, "i held on to herfor a few hours. where's the child, madam? where is the child? when constance martin and mark gordon were arrested last february, they didn't tell police where victoria was. they both deny manslaughter by gross negligence. daniel sanford, bbc news, at the old bailey. the red bull racing boss ch

the subject of a nationwide manhunt, this was constance marten and mark gordon injanuary last year, ashe authorities following the birth of their newborn baby, victoria, who they were worried would be taken into care like their previous four children. 0n the 1st of march last year, police found victoria's body in a shopping bag in a shed on a brighton allotment. today, constance marten gave evidence in the witness box at the old bailey, weeping as she told the jury that she and mark gordon loved their children more than anything in the world. asked if she'd been cruel to baby victoria, constance marten said... "no. i did nothing but show her love. i gave her the best that any mother would." talking quietly and with a very well spoken accent, she described how she became estranged from her wealthy family because of a traumatic event in her childhood, arguments over her grandmother's will, and because herfamily disapproved of mark gordon. she said she'd met him in an indian shop in london and that they'd married in peru. she explained that before the birth of their first child, the coupl

today, constance marten wept as she told the jury that she and mark gordon loved their children morebaby victoria, constance martin said, "no. i did nothing but show her love." talking quietly and with a very well spoken accent, she described how she became estranged from her wealthy family because of a traumatic event in her childhood, arguments over her grandmother's will and because herfamily disapproved of mark gordon. she said she met him in a shop in london and they married in peru, but their first four children were all removed from them. when their fifth child, victoria, was born, they tried to avoid the authorities, but the plan went wrong when their car caught fire and police realised they'd had another baby. so the couple took to a tent on the south downs, where constance marten said the baby died while she slept sitting up. she tearfully told the jury, "i held on to herfor a few hours. then i wrapped her in my black scarf i was wearing and i said some parting words to her and then placed her in the bag for life." where's the child, madam? where is the child? when constanc

then heard her talk about and say that when she realised that their baby was dead, she woke up mark gordon she was not a lie. earlier in the trial, mr gordon was asked if —— miss martin was asked if she did anything to harm may be victoria, and the best askedif harm may be victoria, and the best asked if they did anything cruel to baby victoria, constance marten replied she did nothing but show her love. the trial continues and the two defendants denied the charges. that was helena wilkinson at the old bailey. some breaking news to bring you. we are starting to get some detail about us presidentjoe biden state of the union address later today. the announcements that the us military will deliver humanitarian assistance being part of that speech. in the last week, the us has started humanitarian aid drops into gaza, and there should be around 500 trucks a day of egg winning but since the work again on the 7th of october the amount of aid getting in is far, far less than it needs to be and humanitarian groups and organisations have warned of impending starvation in some cases. the us have sai

both her and mark gordon deny all charges. thank you very much.oman was shot dead has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter. hannah gutierrez—reed was responsible for looking after weapons during the making of rust, a western. but she allowed live ammunition onto the set in new mexico, and during rehearsals, baldwin shot the film's cinematographer, halyna hutchins. 0ur north america correspondent, emma vardy, reports. this was the scene on a ranch in new mexico after a rehearsal for the western movie rust went terribly wrong. alec baldwin was the actor on set that pulled the trigger? alec baldwin? yes, sir. where's he at? a talented cinematographer, halyna hutchins, had been shot dead after the gun alec baldwin was rehearsing with fired a live round. the prosecution said the armourer on set, hannah gutierrez—reed, had mixed up dummy rounds meant to look like the real thing with live rounds that belonged to her personally, and that other live bullets had been found dotted around the set. they argued hannah gutierrez didn't carry out the right

and both her and mark gordon denied the charges.s. let's look at some of the stories now. three teenage boys have been found guilty of killing 16—year—old mikey roynon. mikey — from kingswood in bristol — was stabbed with a large zombie knife during a row at a house party in bath last year. jurors found one boy guilty of murder and the other two guilty of manslaughter. they can't be named for legal reasons. a committee of mps has concluded that the post office is not fit to run the compensation schemes for sub—postmasters wrongly convicted because of the horizon it scandal. the business and trade committee said it was a disgrace that 80% of the money for redress payments still hadn't been spent. metropolitan police officers have travelled to trinidad to speak to the killer of muriel mckay in a bid to find her body. ms mckay was abducted in 1969, mistaken for the then wife of rupert murdoch and held to ransom for £1 million. one of her killers recently admitted to burying her body behind a barn. you're live with bbc news. a hamas del

the aristocrat, who is 36, and her partner, mark gordon are on trial after baby victoria died by theng asked by the prosecutor if she accepted that taking the newborn to live in a tent was a bad idea, constance marten said that obviously being in the house would have been better. let�*s speak to our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford, who�*s following the trial. tell us more about what we�*ve been hearing today. fin tell us more about what we've been hearing today-— hearing today. on her first day of evidence, constance _ hearing today. on her first day of evidence, constance marten - hearing today. on her first day of - evidence, constance marten described the moment according to her when she was sitting in a tent on the south downs in january, was sitting in a tent on the south downs injanuary, and that she�*d fallen asleep and when she woke up she discovered that baby victoria had died. she said that after that, they put baby victoria into a shopping bag so that she could be moved around. 0n shopping bag so that she could be moved around. on her second day of evidence, she

their year old mark gordon.m police in a tent on the south downs in sussex in wintry conditions last year. they allegedly went on the run in an attempt to keep the infant after four other children were taken into care. speaking today in court, miss martin denied harming the child, insisting she'd given her the best that any mother would. both defendants deny wrongdoing. the case is continuing . mps are case is continuing. mps are warning the post office is not fit to run any compensation schemes for the victims of the honzon schemes for the victims of the horizon it scandal, and should be excluded. the business and trade committee published recommendations for delivering payments to hundreds of victims to scribing efforts, so far as abject failure. the committee says an independent body should be appointed to lead the process . the chairman described it as a national disgrace that only £1 out of every £5 of the budget for compensation has been paid out . the government will attempt out. the government will attem

ms marten and her partner, mark gordon, both deny the manslaughter by gross negligence of their daughterhand sanitiser is out, and air fryers and vinyl are in — according to statisticians tracking the cost of living. they've updated some of the items in the "basket of goods", which are used by the office for national statistics to measure inflation. sofa beds and rotisserie chickens have been removed — and gluten—free bread is being added. you're live with bbc news. the un secretary—general has called for a ceasefire in gaza to mark the start of ramadan — the muslim month of fasting. antonio guterres also called for the release of hostages held by hamas and the speedy delivery of aid to the palestinian territory, warning a threatened israeli assault on the southern city of rafah could put gaza into "a deeper circle of hell". my strongest appeal today is to honour the spirit of ramadan by silencing the guns, and removing all obstacles to ensure the delivery of life—saving aid at the speed and massive scale required. at the same time, and in the ramadan spirit of compassion, i've called fo

constance marten and mark gordon deny manslaughter and other charges over the death of their baby victoriaee teenage boys have been found guilty of killing 16—year—old mikey roynon. mikey from kingswood in bristol was stabbed with a large zombie knife during a row at a house party in bath last year. jurors found one boy guilty of murder and the other two guilty of manslaughter. they can't be named for legal reasons. a committee of mps has concluded that the post office is not fit to run the compensation schemes for sub—postmasters wrongly convicted because of the horizon it scandal. the business and trade committee said it was a disgrace that 80% of the money for redress payments still hadn't been spent. you're live with bbc news. ten years ago, today a malaysian airliner carrying 239 people on a flight from kuala lumpur to beijing vanished, in what has become one of the greatest aviation mysteries. the aircraft has never been found, despite the largest and most expensive search operation ever mounted. a few parts of the plane eventually washed up thousands of kilometers away. i'm joined n

constance marten has been speaking for the first time since she went on trial, with her partner mark gordon

someone to smuggle the child overseas. 36 year old constance marten went on the run with her partner mark gordon who's 49, in an attempt to keep their baby after four other children were taken into care, miss martin said she and her partner had planned to smuggle themselves abroad, evading a ban on her leaving the country. their child, who was named victoria , died while they were victoria, died while they were on the run from police camping in wintry conditions on the south downs near brighton last yeah south downs near brighton last year. both defendants deny the charges against them and the case is continuing . case is continuing. nottinghamshire police has been told by a watchdog that it must urgently produce an improvement plan after it was put into special measures. the families of barnaby webber and grace o'malley, cooma, welcomed the news. the two teenagers and school caretaker, ian coates , school caretaker, ian coates, died during a spate of knife attacks in nottingham last year. the force has been asked to improve how it manages and carries out effective investigations, and to put mea

constance marten, who's 36, went on the run with her partner, 49 year old mark gordon, in an attemptir newborn baby. miss martin justified keeping her child outdoors in wintry conditions, telling the court that jesus survived in a barn. she also said she didn't agree with medical warnings against keeping babies outside , saying keeping babies outside, saying that lots of children live without heating. baby victoria's remains were found in a supermarket bag near brighton in march of last year. miss martin and mr gordon deny charges of manslaughter. the case is continuing and andy macdonald has had the labour whip restored after he was cleared of breaking party rules by using a controversial slogan at a pro—palestine rally . the mp for pro—palestine rally. the mp for middlesbrough was suspended in october after he used a phrase from the river to the sea during a speech at a pro—palestine event. the words refer to the land between the river jordan land between the riverjordan and the mediterranean, which many find offensive because it appears to refer to all of israel. a labour spokespe

constance marten, who's 36, went on the run with her partner, 49 year old mark gordon, in an attempto keep their newborn baby. miss martin justified keeping her child outdoors in wintry conditions, telling the court that jesus survived in a barn. she also said she didn't agree with the medical warnings against keeping babies outside, saying that lots of children live without heating. baby victoria's remains were found in a supermarket bag near brighton in march of last year. miss martin and mr gordon deny charges of manslaughter. the case is continuing and tiktok could be banned in the us unless the app's chinese owners sell its american operation . the its american operation. the house of representatives voted to pass a bill that would require the social media company to be sold or blocked with an overwhelming majority. the bill still needs to pass the senate to become law here in the uk. tiktok hasn't been banned before, but it was blocked from government devices in 2023 over data privacy concerns . and for data privacy concerns. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alert

constance marten, who's 36, went on the run with her partner, 49 year old mark gordon, in an attempt

someone to smuggle the child overseas. 36 year old constance marten went on the run with her partner mark gordonur other children were taken into care. miss martin said she and her partner had planned to smuggle themselves abroad , smuggle themselves abroad, evading a ban on her leaving the country. their child , who was country. their child, who was named victoria, died while they were the run from police were on the run from police camping in wintry conditions on the downs near brighton the south downs near brighton last year. both defendants deny the them . the the charges against them. the case continuing . case is continuing. nottinghamshire police has been told by a watchdog that it must urgently produce an improvement plan after it was put into special measures. the families of barnaby webber and grace o'malley. kuma welcomed the news as the two teenagers and school caretaker, ian coates, died dunng caretaker, ian coates, died during a spate of knife attacks in nottingham. the force has been asked to improve how it manages and carries out effective investigations, and to put measures in p

mark. we want to stabilize thatt relationship. not sure that -- >> laura: all right, gordonion to that tonight your good what is janetjanet yellen going to say w that she didn't say three or four months ago when she went to beijing? i think the problem here is we want to manage the relationship as the biden administration says, but the chinese don't wan to be managed.stra as a matter of fact, they take the biden administration's efforts as sort of the sense that we feel inferior to thesend chinese so we have to send to the grand chinese capital. that is exactly what the chinese men and by the way come all men when they went to see xi jinping they were participatincommg in chinese communist spec adult that was sort of reminiscent with the dash where they did kiss the ring, bow, show their loyalty to the chinese rulers.th this is a hideous spectacle. t he>> laura: there is a piece or two in "the wall street journal" how hong kong is getting crusheg by china. and remember a short time ago, we were seeing all these hopeful pieces that hong kong couldre. exist, not quite as it wa

the journal's world covered sheath gordon fairclough will join us in a moment but first to alex hogan live for us in london. >> as we markm milestone the family of evan gershkovich specifically his sister speaking with fox saying the family continues to monitor how he is and he remains in good spirits despite the fact it has been 12 months that he's been behind bars. the 32-year-old was arrested in this time last year when he was in a work truck accused of being a spy but russia is given no evidence to support those claims. white house denies these accusations cling him wrongfully detained. the wall street journal posted an article describing of thing with evan has missed and lost in the past year like the weddings of friends from high school and college, time with family watching his favorite teams play the jets and arsenal football club. instead he meets with his lawyers once a week and he spends 23 hours every day in a cell apart from 1 our or he is allowed to stretch his legs in a small courtyard. washington says moscow is using americans as bargaining chips. so 1 year and there is still no trial date set for evan an

mark of the then penny for pm, the week. then the penny for pm, a group of right wing conservative mps believe mr gordon should lead the torieso the next election . but will into the next election. but will this move benefit the tories, or are the tories already toast? so, in the great british debate this hour, i'll be asking . then, this hour, i'll be asking. then, at 335, doctor renee hoenderkamp will to discuss the ban will be live to discuss the ban on puberty blockers, which are used to delay the effects of puberty will longer be puberty, which will no longer be available the available to anyone under the age of 18. and the former head of counter—terrorism at the ministry of defence, chip chapman is a political spotlight this week as once again, pro—palestine protests are filling the streets of cities across the country calling for a ceasefire in gaza, and the government unveiled their new definition of extremism , so definition of extremism, so we'll be discussing that and what means to them. and of what it means to them. and of course, sainsbury's and tesco's, they will not be able to fulfil they will not be able to fu