the fa ct mark reckless used to work for.h profile from a welsh perspective, and even this week we found out that ukip are only going to have 80 candidates in the council elections next month and i think there was a pretty broad expectation that they would have a far greater presence in the council elections, and we have the news today, so the timing is pretty dreadfulfor them. melissa cochrane and her husband kurt were both hit by khalid masood's car on westminster bridge. kurt was killed, melissa suffered a broken leg , broken ribs and a gash to the head. that day had been part of the trip of a lifetime, they'd travelled from their home in utah through europe to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. this morning kurt's son dallas told victoria derbyshire how the news from london reached him in salt lake city. i was home alone and i got a text from my older brother saying that my dad and melissa were involved in the london attacks. i got a few photos that was the way i found out. of course, it was unbelievable and i did

mark reckless feels that‘s not now for him and has moved on.ng through from washington, dc in the last few minutes. the reuters news agency says that nunes will step down from the russia probe and he is saying he is stepping down from the russian probe due to entirely false accusations filed against him. that is all we have at this stage, the chairman of the house intelligence committee of course, saying he will step down from the russia probe. there has been a lot of pressure for precisely that to happen. but, as we are perhaps gathering from this very brief statement, he says the accusations against him are entirely false. that is all we have the moment. i‘m looking to save anything further is coming through from the white house. the republican chairman has been distracted from questions about the trump team and moscow and is under pressure to explain why he went to the white house alone to review intelligence a day before announcing new evidence in his committee‘s investigation, so he‘s been under considerable pressure, many in the usa feeli

welsh assembly member mark reckless quits ukip — and rejoins the conservatives.y corbyn says a labour government would add vat to private school fees — and use the money to pay for free school meals for all primary pupils in england. i'mjane i'm jane hill. also this hour president donald trump gets set to host his chinese counterpart, xijinping, for two days of talks in the winter white house, mar—a—lago. from trade to currency to north korea, a lot is on the table for the leaders of the world's two largest economies. as the masters gets underway, concerns about the world number one dustin johnson who's fallen down stairs and injured his back. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a father has lost a landmark case at the supreme court in a dispute about taking his child out of school without permission. jon platt, from the isle of wight, refused to pay a fine after he took his daughter to florida, and had won previous court cases. but today, the supreme court ruled unanimously that it is disruptive to a child's education to remove them from school during term t

mark reckless! september 2014. the second conservative mp to do so. the move, by mark reckless, symbolised a party on the up. today, he hasjumped ship again. now a member of the welsh assembly, mr reckless leaves ukip looking like a party on the slide. well, i think now article 50 has been triggered, the conservative government is taking us out of the european union. that's something i campaigned for my adult life. i would like to support them in doing that. his decision to quit ukip comes days after the party's only mp at westminster, douglas carswell, decided he would sit as an independent. so, with the eu referendum over, is that ukip done for? if mark reckless believes that's all ukip was good for, then, frankly, i'm glad he's moved on. we don't need people in the party that only believe we were a one trick pony. feeling confident? we'll see. but the party's new leader, paul nuttall, failed to win a recent by—election in stoke, despite throwing everything at it, and for months after the referendum rows within t

mark reckless joins us from cardiff. why have you decided to leave ukip?opean union, thatis we are leaving the european union, that is something i have campaigned for all my adult life. ukip did a huge amount to get that referendum. we have now successfully won a referendum to leave the european union and theresa may and the conservative government had and i would like to support them. so months ago, when you were elected, was this your plan all along? note, that was not the case at all. i fought very hard in that referendum and was delighted when we won. i stuck with ukip for another nine months after that and many people in the party was sceptical about whether the conservatives would actually act on that referendum, whether we would leave the european union properly, but i think theresa may has answered those concerns and she is delivering. here in wales, we have andrew davies who is a very effectively do the conservatives are now becomes leader of the opposition in welsh assembly. and plaid cymru wa nt to in welsh assembly. and plaid cymru want to brea

the ukip welsh assembly member, mark reckless, has left the party and will now vote with the conservativesst party in the devolved assembly,overtaking plaid cymru. it's another blow for ukip, after its only mp, douglas ca rswell, announced he was leaving the party last month. labour says if it wins the next election, every primary school pupil in england will get free school meals, and they'll be paid for by charging vat on private school fees. jeremy corbyn says the health and performance of young children will be improved, but critics say labour's sums don't add up. here's danny savage. school meals. a political hot potato which labour is reheating. have you met the prime minister? the labour leader was in lancashire to promote the idea of free school meals forallstate—educated, primary age children in england, with the aim of improving their health, paid for by adding vat to independent school fees. what can be more important than making sure our children are properly fed? what can be more important than making sure our children grow up with a balanced diet and a reliable lunch every da

in the last few minutes it's been confirmed that the ukip welsh assembly member mark reckless has quit vote with the conservative group in the assembly. it's another blow to the party following the departure of douglas ca rswell as following the departure of douglas carswell as its only mp last month. theresa may has launched the conservatives' local election campaign, saying there are no "no—go areas" for the party. she's promised "competence" for voters, and accused the other parties of "chaos and disarray". more than 2000 seats are up for grabs — mostly on county councils — as well as number of mayoral elections. a flagship tax—free account for people saving for a first home or for retirement is launched today. it's called the lifetime isa — but no bank or building society is offering it. it's one of a number of important changes which have kicked in with this new tax year. our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz is with me. the lifetime isa was meant to be a really big deal. what's going on? why is no one offering it? the point of the lifetime isa is you could save both a

ukip could face another setback with welsh assembly member, mark reckless poised to leave the party.work with the conservative group in the assembly while sitting as an independent. the news comes just weeks after ukip‘s only mp, douglas carswell left the party. from today, companies that employ more than 250 staff will be legally required to publish the average salaries they pay men and women. about half of the uk workforce will be affected by the new rules. the education secretary, justine greening, who's also the ministerfor women and equalities says the measures are being brought in to tackle the gender pay gap. there are many great companies in our country doing a fantasticjob of bringing through our female talent. we wa nt bringing through our female talent. we want to see more companies doing that, but we think transparencies on reporting on that pay gap is part of figuring out how that happens. the soft drink manufacturer, pepsi has dropped a commercial after a backlash on social media, that suggested it trivialised rights protests. the advert features model kendalljenner and

killing a fellow church goer during sunday services. 46-year-old mark storms was sentenced yesterday on voluntary manslaughter and recklessangerment charges. he shot 27-year-old robert braxton, iii at keystone fellowship church. storms intervened when braxton was arguing when someone else and then fired when braxton punched him. >> police investigating a deadly attack where a pack of pitbulls ganged up on another dog along the 5200 block of north american street in olney sunday. antoinette rivera said the pitbulls killed her three-year-old cockapoo lola in her fenced in backyard. they tried to fight off the dogs but rivera says she was attacked, too. neighbors say the dogs are terrorizing the entire neighborhood. >> they should be taken before somebody get -- somebody die. not a dog but a human. >> philadelphia police issued a citation to the dog's owner. the animal control and care team of philadelphia says it has issued numerous citations to the dog's owner for previous incidents. >> delaware's attorney general matt den was inches away from being killed in a freak accident. a tree fell onto his car and peeled back the r

.>( mark ) there were no injuries in the fire. ( james ) police in san francisco arrest a dirt bike rider for recklessomes as bay area cities are seeing an increase in incidents involving dirt bikes on the highways. 18-year-old ronet sanidad (row-net sawn-ee-dad) has been arrested for reckless driving on a stolen motorcycle. he was in a group of dirt bikers that were reportedly driving dangerously through san francisco streets. the group was tracked using high powered cameras in a c-h-p plane. now investigators are looking at this footage..to see if sanidad was involved in a violent confrontation on highway 101 back in march. the c-h-p is hoping to make more arrests for illegal dirt bike sideshows. ( mark ) we're learning new details about the officer involved shooting that happened over the weekend in fremont. police say the suspect - 24-year-old roger perez of orinda - died after shooting himself in the head. it happened sunday night around 11:30... when an east bay regional park district officer stopped a car near the 7-eleven store on fremont boulevard. police say perez ran from the car with a gun

nor rule it out.i'm reid binion reporting. ( mark ) police in san francisco arrest a dirt bike rider for recklessvolving dirt bikes on the highways. 18-year-old ronet sanidad (row-net sawn-ee-dad) has been arrested for reckless driving on a stolen motorcycle. he was in a group of dirt bikers that were reportedly driving dangerously through san francisco streets. the group was tracked using high powered cameras in a c-h-p plane. now investigators are looking at this footage..to see if sanidad was involved in a violent confrontation on highway 101 back in march. the c-h-p is hoping to make more arrests for illegal dirt bike sideshows. ( mark ) many people across california saw their p-g-and-e bill go up dramatically this past winter. now...state senator jerry hill has proposed a bill to help bring some relief. hill is asking the state legislature to have p-g-and-e slightly change its power consumption tiers. the proposal also asks p-g-&-e to give customers a prediction of what next month's bill will look like. this is all so people are not caught off guard the next time they get their bill. hill in

killing a fellow church goer during sunday services. 46-year-old mark storms was sentenced yesterday on voluntary manslaughter and recklessndangerment charges. he shot 27-year-old robert braxton, iii at keystone fellowship church last april. storms intervened when braxton was arguing with someone else and then fired when braxton punched him. >> police vet gating a deadly attack when a pack of pitbulls gang ted up on another dog. antoinette neighbors say the dogs are terrorizing the entire neighborhood. >> they should be taken before somebody gets -- somebody die, not a dog but a human. >> philadelphia police issued a citation to the own he were. the handle control and care team of philadelphia says it has issued numerous citations to the dog's owner for previous incidents. >> ♪ >> happening today, a new museum honoring the beginnings of america opens in olde city. the museum of the american revolution will host its grand opening celebration at third and chestnut streets this morning. it features more than 500 original artifacts and tells the story of how the united states became an independent nation. your admission ticke

pyongyang, top north korean official said that this is a military parade marking the day of sun where you are. if the u.s. does have any reckless provocation, we will immediately apply a destructive strike with our revolutionary power. we're prepared to respond to an all n out war with an all-out war and we're ready to hit back with nuclear attacks of our own style against any nuclear attacks. how much of this is real? >> reporter: i'll tell you, we know that the north koreans are responding to provocation from the u.s. including tweets from president trump. i was speaking with a government official here in the last hour who told me, don, that the special military operation that north korea released pictures of a couple days ago, commandos jumping out of airplanes, that was in direct response to tweets from president trump. this is the first time that we've heard this from the north korean officials, that they conducted a special operation exercise as a result of president trump's tweets. but the bigger provocative act in the eyes of the north koreans is in the eyes of the peninsulament you have this terrorist strike group with

reckless endangerment. >>> it's time to deliver on dogging campaign promises and the trump administration is trying to make some big plays before the calendar reaches that 100-day markhis game plan is running against a threat of a possible shutdown by the government. the government could run out of money this saturday if congress doesn't reach a deal on a spending bill. the biggest sticking point, president trump wants it to include money for the border wall. democrats are opposed to that. on wednesday, president trump will unveil his tax reform plan. according to one of his top advisers that, plan will make good on a campaign promise to slash the corporate tax rate from 45 to 15%. he'll also take another swing at health care reform. a major part of his to repeal obamacare failed. timing could get in the way of last minute wins because the house doesn't return until tomorrow. that means there will be just three full days to hammer out a deal. >>> breaking news. a federal judge just lifted her court order temporarily blocking arkansas from executing two inmates in one night. attorneys for marcel williams questioned whether the night's first execution of jack jones we

united states in what it has dubbed "reckless military maneuver" with a preemptive strike using a powerful nuclear deterrent. the people of pyongyang get ready to mark anniversary of the birthdate of the founder of this country, kim il-sung. there is reports that north korea could stage another detonation of a nuclear device. officials saying that will be done by the government at a time and place of their choosing. we've also heard from that official talk about president trump. and his words, that administration has caused vicious and aggressive provocations. and it is in fact president trump that is causing all the problems. listen to a few provocative words we got today from one north korean kernel >> even though the u.s. tried to invade a country to attack, we have such a mighty strength and if they do we will smash the head and blow them up. >> president trump at one point said he would share a hamburger with kim jong-un to try to work this situation. in fact, the official saying today that that was just lip service and that is not going to happen. fighting words. marco? >> martha: here now is tony shaver, former cia trained operative and senio

by angry calls from their constituents at home demanding they oppose this reckless and heartless bill. as one republican marked, i spent a whole work period hearing from people pissed about pre-existing conditions. this isn't helpful, end quote. that's one of my republican colleagues. now, under this rule these dangerous backroom deals could be rushed to the floor without any proper deliberations, but they will have a very real, very serious and dangerous consequence for americans. real lives are at stake here. i can't help but also note this newest amendment exempts congress from the terrible impacts of this proposal. can you believe that? knowing just how damaging these new provisions are, republicans wanted to keep health care protections for themselves but set up another system for their constituents. it was only after the press caught republicans with their hands in the cookie jar they introduced yet another bill to unexempt themselves. but the new bill to unexempt congress would require a 60-vote supermajority in the senate. what are the odds that's going to happen, mr. speaker? are we seriously supposed

champion mark selby stages an early recovery on day two of his semifinal against ding jenhui at the world snooker championship in sheffield. mps have accused the car maker vauxhall of showing a ‘recklesss of fires on its zafira b model. a report by the transport select committee found the company was too slow to act, especially when it allowed people to drive in cars which were still a hazard. our transport correspondent, richard westcott, reports. from driving along normally to an inferno injust a from driving along normally to an inferno in just a few minutes, family cars bursting into flames, out of the blue. even vauxhall says it is lucky no one was seriously hurt. that is my mirror, completely melted. claire had been next to the petrol pumps when she first smelt burning. she barely had time to react. within 30 seconds you could not see the inside of a car for black smoke, then within 30 seconds, flames. it is pure luck that the tilden were not with us that day, the fire inspector did say that if we had not got out of the car, then my husband would have been killed. this is one of the affected cars, it should now be saved because it has been recalled twice and prepared twice. it i

mark and allen. we disagreed. this lawsuit is moving forward, and i have a lot of respect for the plaintiffs that have come forward to challenge the president on his reckless statements. >> okay, when i made that statement the president cannot be sued, allen you said that's not right. he can be, right? >> he can be. i don't think there should be immunity. but i think that lost against the sitting president should be postponed until after they're out of office. the supreme court isn't final because it's right, it's only right because it's final. wrong decision, but it's the law. >> okay, here's what i want to ask you mark. one of the trump supporters who's accused of -- by the way, do you have a take on this about the president being sued before i read this quote? >> he clearly is not immune. and both iriva and allen are correct. >> okay wrfrp one of the trump supporters also filed this. he did so in response to an inspired by trump and/or trump campaign's urging to remove the protesters. >> the delve made me do it. that's a stupid argument. in america we hold people responsible for what they do. >> we don't let them say, oh, i wouldn't have done it unless

mark storm was convicted of the shooting 27 year-old robert braxton during an argument at keystone fellowship church in montgomeryville in april 2016. back in november a judge found storm guilty of involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment. >>> a new jersey man has been sentenced in the murder of etan patz more than 30 years ago. pedro hernandez of burlington county new jersey will serve at lee 25 years behind bars. patz vanished from new york back in 1979 and his disappearance became one of the america's most notorious missing child cases. he was one of the first missing children to be pictured on a milk carton. >>> philadelphia police are searching for driver of the minivan involve in the hit and run in cobbs creek. police say a motorcycle and minivan collided at 58th and walnut shortly after 3:30 this morning. the driver got out of the van and took off running, the victim driving motorcycle was critically injured and woman riding on the back suffered minor injuries. >>> well, it is april so there is a good chance that showers are in the forecast but right now we are enjoying a practically perfect spring day , valley forge national historical park, a great place to explore, in the sunshine. but before lon

marks the first time that the u.s. has targeted president bashar al assad's forces. this morning, his office is denouncing the military action, labeling it recklessthe senate resuming debate on neil gorsuch, with a final vote expected later today opinion on thursday, republicans deployed the so-called nuclear option. they changed the voting rules, clearing the way for gorsuch to pass through with a simple majority, over the 60 votes normally required. democrats called that a power grab. and gorsuch is expected to win confirmation and be sworn in after that. >>> and president trump and china's president will get down to business today. the two-day summit kicked off with a dinner, which was attended by their wives, dignitaries and other white house officials. >>> coming back to the strikes on syria. it comes at a time when there's tension and strife inside the white house, inside top aides. kristen welker with that part of the story. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. as the world watches the crisis in syria, there is intrigue inside the white house. and the question looming all of it, has the president shifted away from his a

marks the first time that the u.s. has targeted president bashir al assad forces. this morning his office is denouncing the military action labeling it recklessheadlines this morning, the senate resuming debate on neil gorsuch with a final confirmation vote expected later today. on thursday the nuclear option that changed the voting rules clearing the way for gorsuch to pass through the senate with a simple majority instead of call that an epic power grab. gorsuch is expected to win confirmation and be sworn in shortly after that. >>> their two-day summit in florida kicked off with a dinner last night, which was attended by their wives, dignitaries and other white house officials. >>> now, back to the strikes on syria. it's coming at a time when there are a lot of headlines about tension and strife inside the white house and top aides. kristen welker with that part of the story. >> savannah, good morning to you. as the world watches the crisis in syria. and the question looming over all of it, has the president started to shift away from his america first foreign policy? this morning, a west wing divided at a critical moment. the president's

former ukip mp and welsh assembly member mark reckless quit this month. who helped push him out?eil hamilton. more often in later. his immediate predecessor is nathan gill, the king over the water. isn't isn'la kipper. isn'la; kipper. what he isn't a happy kipper. what happened to ukip in wales has been disastrous. it's a problem in two words called neil hamilton.“ disastrous. it's a problem in two words called neil hamilton. if you look at how wales was until he came to wales and look at how wales is now, we are now for the first time ever with more ex— members than members. is that good? how can it be good for any political party to be in that situation? of course not. only last year ukip broke through in the welsh assembly elections, but that was then. the local elections next month, they are standing in only 6% of seats. at one point ukip had more energy than | the e & abselutelgg- a painting i one'ggt total= yqllq. painting is one of total i wouldn't say total chaos, chaos. i wouldn't say total chaos, but basically the wind has been blown out of the sales of many of the memb