this wasn't the end of the shootings on merseyside. elle edwards was shot dead too. three deaths, three innocent people, crimes that shocked a city. merseyside police say this year there has been a 66% drop in shootings but the battle against gangs and the drugs they deal in goes on. nick garnett, bbc news, liverpool. the founder and chief executive of one of the world's leading ai companies, openai. was suddenly sacked by the board last friday, and we still don't really know why. today it was announced that sam altman would now work on al development for microsoft. almost all of the 770 staff at openai have now signed a letter calling on the board to resign. they say if that does not happen, they may all quit. zoe kleinman has the latest. the stakes are about as high as they get. not only in terms of cash — billions of dollars of it in investment — but also the future of the world itself and the way we all live, if you believe the extraordinary promises made about the power of artificial intelligence. openai, the creator of chatgpt, h

it was one of several high—profile shootings on merseyside last year. a part in convicting her killers. ashley dale's mobile phone messages being played. the vital evidence the police needed. it's the police, if there is anyone there, make yourself known. officers with taser. police arrive at ashley dale's house. they find the front door kicked in and the lights still on. there are bullet holes everywhere, shattered kitchen tiles. back door is open. and at the back door they find a woman fatally injured. ashley dale was 28, and environmental health officer. police say all she had done was go out with the wrong boyfriend who was mixed up with the wrong crowd. half an hour before she was murdered, ashley's car alarm went off. she thought it was the wind but it was a killer slashing the tires to stop anyone escaping. ashley messaged her boyfriend who was out saying she was worried. he replied, "you think you're in a horror movie. are you ok? alive?" less than half an hour before she was shot ashley dale replied, "no, i'm dead." her phone, found lying next

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from everton , the blues of merseyside, who now follow their games with a negative score in the premier league. an old lady looking for a half-pack of qenai. foot mercato claims that juventus are seriously considering the acquisition. in order to bring these players to turin , the current contract of this 30-year-old midfielder with the gunners is valid until 2025, and it is expected that arsenal will ask the old lady for 30 million euros to make this transfer permanent. and the competition of english clubs for ahlal players. football insider has reported that the citizens are very interested in signing al hilal's portuguese midfielder ruben noves, and guardila is considering this portuguese player to replace calvin phillips. unhappy that newcastle is another from a serious customer to play this game and in an effort to recruit this former woller star mehdiyar mostafallalu khabarari sed and sima djokovic sinner entered the final tennis match at the end of the season in this competition which will be hosted by turin, italy last night in the semi-finals of novak djokovic sarbestanani, the

and with this , merseyside blue fell to the 19th place in the premier league table. the commission said that everton exceeded the necessary limit of 15 million pounds and lost 124 million five hundred thousand pounds. the great ashikoon in italian football . totti, legend of rome and luchan club spalletti, the current head coach of the italian national team, reconciled with a hug after years of confusion. totti, in his last season in football under spalletti, the coach of rome at the time , had become a pure villain, and he had taken this coach's grudge to heart. there was a request and invitation for suti in bazid from the children's hospital in rome, and barca turned for a replacement. the spanish reporter of the barcelona football field fueled the rumors of xavi's possible dismissal and claimed that the blaugrana managers after the team's loss against shakhdar in ysl and barca's poor results recently laliga gave this coach an ultimatum to improve the team's conditions. this reporter claimed that rafa marquez, a veteran and mexican player of barca, who is now the h

it was one of several high—profile shootings on merseyside last year.x cuts to boost economic growth ahead of the chancellor's autumn statement on wednesday. rishi sunak said he was able to move on to the next phase of the government's economic plan after inflation fell to 4.6% last month. you're live with bbc news. hundreds of pakistani taliban fighters recently raided the kalash valley, a popular tourist destination in pakistan, killing five people. the valley is surrounded by the hindu kush mountain range, which borders afghanistan. farhat javed travelled to the border, where there's still a high security alert. dance, music and joy... ..are all taken over by fear, uncertainty and despair. in the breathtaking landscapes of pakistan's kalash valley, a recent taliban attack has left its mark. shaira, mother of two, puts on a brave face but fears a dark future. translation: it happened in the day and then drones| flew the whole night. everyone said taliban had come to target kalashis, they're coming to kill kalashis, target their worship places — becaus

it can be blue hey merseyside, who now follow their games with a negative score during the premier. the old lady is looking for haft qenai. foot mercato has claimed that juventus is seriously considering the signing of arsenal's tomas partey-hofek in order to bring this player to turin. the current contract of this 30-year-old midfielder with the gunners is valid until 2025, and it is expected that arsenal will demand 30 million euros from the old lady to make this transfer permanent. a lot to buy reuben novus hafek have the oranges of al-hilal, and guardila is considering that this portuguese player and replacement of calvin phillips will make newcastle another serious buyer of this game, and they are trying to recruit this former wolverhampton star, mehdiyar mustafallou, according to sed and sima news. and djokovic sinner entered the final tennis match at the end of the season. in this tournament, which will be held in turin, italy, last night in the semi-finals, novak djokovic serosani, the current best tennis player in the world , defeated the second-ranked spaniard carlos carle

points from everton for violating financial fair play rules in the 2020-2020 season, and with this, merseyside blue fell to the 19th place in the premier league table. this commission said that everton exceeded the necessary financial limit of 15 million pounds and lost 124 million five hundred thousand pounds. the great ashcon in italian football, francesco totti of the rome club and lucan spalletti, the current head coach of the italian national team , reconciled by embracing each other after years of confusion. in the last season of his presence in football, under spalletti, the coach of rome at the time , totti had become a pure bencher, and he had taken this coach's grudge to heart . jose alvarez, the spanish news from the barcelona football field, fueled the rumors of xavi's possible dismissal and claimed that the blaugrana managers gave this coach an ultimatum after the team's loss against shakhdar in the united and the recent poor results of barca in la liga . timo will improve. this news claimed that rafa marquez, the veteran and mexican player of barca, who is now the head of the sec

it was one of several high—profile shootings on merseyside last year.ic growth ahead of the chancellor's autumn statement on wednesday. rishi sunak said he was able to move on to the next phase of the government's economic plan after inflation fell to 4.6% last month. reports of a malfunction on a royal navy nuclear submarine as it was diving have been confirmed to the bbc. the depth gauge — which shows how deep the vessel is — failed on an unnamed vanguard—class submarine, which carries the uk's trident nuclear missiles. the incident happened more than a year ago, but a defence source declined to give further details. you're live with bbc news. most of the employees at the pioneering artificial intelligence company 0penai have threatened to resign over the sacking of their ceo. 743 out of 770 0penai workers said they wanted sam altman and co—founder greg brockman reinstated and the board to resign. the pair have already agreed to join microsoft to lead a new advanced artificial intelligence team. zoe kleinman has the story. the stakes are about as high

the showers into areas exposed to the wind, so the north coast of northern ireland, north wales, merseyside. that's where we'll see the bulk of the showers. temperatures of 7 to 12 degrees. as this area of low pressure rolls away eastwards into the start of saturday, we see this brief window of mainly fine weather. light winds, so some fog patches around on saturday morning, frost for some. but then, actually, this looks like the driest and brightest day of the weekend. very few showers, a little bit of sunshine, temperatures generally between 6 and 12 degrees. could be a little bit colder than that if mist and murk lingers for any length of time. now, as we head into saturday night, one frontal system tries to push in from the south—west but then breaks apart. it will provide some extra moisture, though, to give rise to some quite widespread mist and fog, i think, on sunday morning, and some of that could be really slow to clear. it could be quite a murky day. the further north and east you are, a decent chance of staying dry. further south and west, it looks like we'll see rain moving in

it was one of several high—profile shootings in merseyside last year.he next phase the governments economic plan after inflation fell to 4-.6% economic plan after inflation fell to 4—.6% last month. reports of a malfunction on a nuclear submarine as it was diving have been reported. the gauge which shows how deep the vessel is failed on an unnamed submarine which carries the uk's trident nuclear missiles. the incident happened more than a year ago but a defence source declined to give other details. you're live with bbc news. the man who was the government's chief scientific adviser during the coronavirus pandemic, sir patrick vallance, has been revealing more details about what went on in downing street as covid took hold. sir patrick told the covid inquiry that the then prime mininster, borisjohnson, was clearly bamboozled by the science around covid. he says he was not consulted on the eat out to help out scheme —launched by the then chancellor rishi sunak and it was very obvious that it would increase transmission of coronavirus. and he said key mea

it was one of several high—profile shootings on merseyside last year.ellor's autumn statement on wednesday. rishi sunak said he was able to move on to the next phase of the government's economic plan after inflation fell to 4.6% last month. you're live with bbc news. most of the employees at the pioneering artificial intelligence company — 0penai — have threatened to resign over the sacking of their ceo. ina in a letter to directors, 743 out of 770 0penai workers said they wanted sam altman and co—founder greg brockman reinstated, and the board to resign. the pair have already agreed to join microsoft to lead a new advanced artificial intelligence team. zoe kleinman has the story. the stakes are about as high as they get. not only in terms of cash — billions of dollars of it in investment — but also the future of the world itself and the way we all live, if you believe the extraordinary promises made about the power of artificial intelligence. 0penai, the creator of chatgpt, has now got through three ceos in almost as many days — sam altman, mira murati

when turning northerly, focusing the showers into areas exposed, north wales, merseyside, eastern partsee the bulk of the showers. temperatures 7—12. is this area of low pressure rose away eastwards into the start of saturday, this brief window of mainly fine weather, night win, fog patches around on saturday morning, afro for some, then this is the driest and brightest hay of the weekend. a little bit of sunshine, temperatures generally between six and 12 celsius. the laid—back order than that of mist and murk lingers for any length of time. as we head into saturday night, one frontal system moves in from the south—west but breaks apart, it will provide extra moisture to give rise to some widespread mist and fog on sunday morning, some of that could be slow to clear, quite a murky day. further north ids, decent chance of staying dry, south and west rain moving in from the atlantic, turning milder down towards the south—west and channel islands. to sum things up, saturday looks mostly dry, sunday will bring rain for some, overnight we will see some frost and some fog. live from london,

the showers into areas exposed to the wind, so the north coast of northern ireland, north wales, merseysideperatures of 7 to 12 degrees. as this area of low pressure rolls away eastwards into the start of saturday, we see this brief window of mainly fine weather. light winds, so some fog patches around on saturday morning, frost for some. but then, actually, this looks like the driest and brightest day of the weekend. very few showers, a little bit of sunshine, temperatures generally between 6 and 12 degrees. could be a little bit colder than that if mist and murk lingers for any length of time. now, as we head into saturday night, one frontal system tries to push in from the south—west but then breaks apart. it will provide some extra moisture, though, to give rise to some quite widespread mist and fog, i think, on sunday morning, and some of that could be really slow to clear. it could be quite a murky day. the further north and east you are, a decent chance of staying dry. further south and west, it looks like we'll see rain moving in from the atlantic. it will start to turn a bit milder

well one theatre in prescot on merseyside has a copy of the famous first folio, as our arts correspondent the mermaid tavern in prescot. so why has it changed? it's changed, the mermaid tavern is actually a place where shakespeare used to drink. what used to be greggs is now mercutio's, named after the character from romeo and juliet. this has become the bard. the old mill is now the stage door. and yes, that is shakespeare again, looking down on us. and this is the cause of this shakespearean makeover, in what used to be a town famous for making clocks, watches and cables. shakespeare north, a recreation of a theatre from the 1600s. here it is. this is... the folio. and on this 400th anniversary, it's one of the hosts of a rare copy of an original shakespeare first folio. the best and most beautiful folio. you're on it! we really are. and the arrival of the folio is recognition of the mission here, to use shakespeare to help the local economy and also widen access both to see the plays and perform on stage. for tia, playing here egeus in midsummer night's dream, this was herfirst big bre

well one theatre in prescot on merseyside has a copy of the famous first folio, as our arts correspondentiverpool. and this is, well, the last time i was here, it was the red lion. it's now... the mermaid tavern in prescot. so why has it changed? it's changed, the mermaid tavern is actually a place where shakespeare used to drink. what used to be greggs is now mercutio's, named after the character from romeo and juliet. this has become the bard. the old mill is now the stage door. and yes, that is shakespeare again, looking down on us. and this is the cause of this shakespearean makeover, in what used to be a town famous for making clocks, watches and cables. shakespeare north, a recreation of a theatre from the 1600s. here it is. this is... the folio. and on this 400th anniversary, it's one of the hosts of a rare copy of an original shakespeare first folio. the best and most beautiful folio. you're on it! we really are. and the arrival of the folio is recognition of the mission here, to use shakespeare to help the local economy and also widen access both to see the plays and perform on s

the showers into areas exposed to the wind, so the north coast of northern ireland, north wales, merseyside 12 degrees. as this area of low pressure rolls away eastwards into the start of saturday, we see this brief window of mainly fine weather. light winds, so some fog patches around on saturday morning, frost for some. but then, actually, this looks like the driest and brightest day of the weekend. very few showers, a little bit of sunshine, temperatures generally between 6 and 12 degrees. could be a little bit colder than that if mist and murk lingers for any length of time. now, as we head into saturday night, one frontal system tries to push in from the south—west but then breaks apart. it will provide some extra moisture, though, to give rise to some quite widespread mist and fog, i think, on sunday morning, and some of that could be really slow to clear. it could be quite a murky day. the further north and east you are, a decent chance of staying dry. further south and west, it looks like we'll see rain moving in from the atlantic. it will start to turn a bit milder down towards the

it was one of several high—profile shootings on merseyside last year.ed on an unnamed vanguard—class submarine, which carries the uk's trident nuclear missiles. the incident happened more than a year ago, but a defence source declined to give further details. the un says emissions of greenhouse gases must fall by 42% by 2030 to reach the goal of limiting global warming to one point five degrees above pre—industrial levels. the un environment programme says current pledges put the world on track for a rise of between 2.5 and 2.9 degrees celsius. you're live with bbc news. forfive months, the covid inquiry in london has been hearing evidence about the government's response to the pandemic. today was an important moment. it was the turn of sir patrick vallance, who was the chief scientist during the pandemic, and had some rather pointed observation about number 10's handling of the pandemic. a lot of his evidence was steered by his diary entries from the time in which he wrote borisjohnson was "weak and indecisive" and was "bamboozled" by covid science. i

so the north coast of northern ireland, north wales, merseyside, eastern parts of england and perhapsa of low pressure rolls away eastwards into the start of saturday, we see this brief window of mainly fine weather. light winds, so some fog patches around on saturday morning, a frost for some. but then, actually, this looks like the driest and brightest day of the weekend. very few showers, a little bit of sunshine, temperatures generally between 6—12 degrees. could be a little bit colder than that if mist and murk lingers for any length of time. now, as we head into saturday night, one frontal system tries to push in from the south—west, but then breaks apart. it will provide some extra moisture, though, to give rise to some quite widespread mist and fog, i think, on sunday morning, and some of that could be really slow to clear. it could be quite a murky day. the further north and east you are, a decent chance of staying dry. further south and west, it looks like we'll see rain moving in from the atlantic, but it will start to turn a bit milder down towards the south—west and the c

the showers into areas exposed to the wind, so the north coast of northern ireland, north wales, merseysidessure rolls away eastwards into the start of saturday, we see this brief window of mainly fine weather. light winds, so some fog patches around on saturday morning, frost for some. but then, actually, this looks like the driest and brightest day of the weekend. very few showers, a little bit of sunshine, temperatures generally between 6 and 12 degrees. could be a little bit colder than that if mist and murk lingers for any length of time. now, as we head into saturday night, one frontal system tries to push in from the south—west but then breaks apart. it will provide some extra moisture, though, to give rise to some quite widespread mist and fog, i think, on sunday morning, and some of that could be really slow to clear. it could be quite a murky day. the further north and east you are, a decent chance of staying dry. further south and west, it looks like we'll see rain moving in from the atlantic. it will start to turn a bit milder down towards the south—west and the channel islands.

jon venables is right. >> that's the shopping centre in bootle in merseyside, where you see james bulger> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> he was snatched. he was taken to a railway track by those two boys. he was tortured, he was murdered and his body was found two days later. i was so young. >> well, i say young . not that >> well, i say young. not that young, but i remember it so , so, young, but i remember it so, so, so well across all the front pages as it was, it was so brutal. what happened to that little lad? >> absolutely. same. i think i was about i was in my teenage years and it was absolutely horrific. i remember following the remember that the case. i remember that feeling of horror at the thought that a child could be taken in that a child could be taken in that way. and then the wait to see what had happened to him. and then obviously that horrific discovery and the realisation mission. and then to realise that two children, 210 year old boys who should be innocent and had had done that and gone to that dark place, horrific , that dark place, horrific, absolutely horrific. >>

venables and his friend robert thompson were at this shopping centre on merseyside, skipping school andyear—old james bulger, who'd wandered off from his mum. the boys snatched the toddler and led him away. these images on cctv became infamous, the older children holding the younger boy's hand as they took him out of the shopping centre and on a long walk, before brutally murdering him. the boys stood trial in an adult court, venables sobbing as their crimes were described as evil and barbaric. they were driven away to begin long prison sentences, and were given new names before being released on licence after turning 18. butjon venables has spent adulthood in and out ofjail after images of child abuse were twice found on his computer. he's been in prison since 2017, and now a parole hearing will decide whether he can be released again. it will happen behind closed doors, so experts like psychologists, psychiatrists, prison staff, and perhaszon venables himself, will provide evidence to that parole board meeting, in order to say that he is safe to go back into society. james bulger�*s m

these are the areas, cumbria, lancashire, merseyside.ill noon, this one is 10am until lipm. and runs till noon, this one is 10am until4pm. inland and runs till noon, this one is 10am until lipm. inland gusts are likely to be 60 to 65, but with exposure with the coasts and hills, we could have have as much as 75, possibly a bit more. disruption to travel, we could have large waves throwing in beach material to the coast, something to watch out for. and there is a potentialfor something to watch out for. and there is a potential for power cuts. the wind is the story, the other half is the rain. heavy rain moving in across northern ireland, england and wales. this rain is the remnants of the front yesterday which will continue to fizzle. it is quite cloudy here. the rain will continue to edge northwards, but the strongest winds will again be just on the outer rings of this area of low pressure, 60 to 70 miles an hour with exposure even more. south as the rain moves away it will be a dry afternoon with some blustery showers, some have and pe

in the last 12 months, we've been following a community in knowsley on merseyside to see how their livesople are income—deprived, living on low incomes, with the area scoring well below the national average for young people in education or employment. and since 2015, life expectancy here has decreased. gary runs the new hutte centre, which recently celebrated its 60th birthday. it's a hub for the community and operates a social supermarket, providing everyday staples at heavily reduced prices to those in need. demand is the highest they've ever experienced. so we would usually see summer, the warmer months, the demand slightly ease, ready for the winter months' increase. we've maintained that same level of support during the summer months that we did last winter. so inflation isn't rising at the same rate as it was. energy costs have come down a bit. why do you say people are finding it harder? they don't have the disposable income that they would have had in the past. utility costs have gone through the roof. food costs have gone through the roof. just those two things alone, for me, ma

two year old james bulger was snatched during a shopping trip to the strand shopping centre in merseysidea two days later, his body is found by children on a railway line just two miles from the shopping centre . john venables, shopping centre. john venables, who was ten years old at the time when he and robert thompson murdered james is. and after eight years in jail, they were both freed on licence and given lifelong anonymity . but in 2017, lifelong anonymity. but in 2017, john venables was jailed again after child abuse images were found on his computer. now not only could venables be released, but james's parents have been barred from attending the parole heanng barred from attending the parole hearing instead. ralph and denise have issued impact statement begging the parole board to keep their son's killer behind bars . board to keep their son's killer behind bars. of course, board to keep their son's killer behind bars . of course, they're behind bars. of course, they're terrified that venables will re—offend . in her plea to the re—offend. in her plea to the parole board , james's

in merseyside . the killers were merseyside. sentences for the murder, but were released on licence with new identities. in 2001 . police have arrested 115 2001. police have arrested 115 just stop oil protests hours after they slow marched on the a41 and blocked a major road. a group marched on hendon yesterday morning , group marched on hendon yesterday morning, including brent cross flyover . the group brent cross flyover. the group claims the metropolitan police had blocked the flyover, preventing protesters from clearing the road . the force clearing the road. the force responded by saying all the activists have been arrested as they showed no intention of leaving the road. they made arrests along the road and transported them to custody at applications have opened for britons to register their xl bully dogs for exemption before the breed is made illegal. owners who want to keep their dogs have to apply to an exemption scheme or choose to have their dog euthanized and apply for compensation. it will be illegal to own an xl b

. murder of a woman on merseyside. 28 year old ashley dale was killed when james witham, 40, forcedspiracy to murder. miss dale's partner, family liaison officer, dc hayley cantillon spoke on behalf of the family outside court. >> although nothing can make this nightmare end , we can now this nightmare end, we can now rest assured , knowing these evil rest assured, knowing these evil monsters will pay for what they have done to ashley and our family . and they too, have family. and they too, have ruined their own lives and their family's lives . ashley had her family's lives. ashley had her whole life ahead of her and was in her prime, a career driven young woman whose life had been cut short for such a senseless act. there really are no words . act. there really are no words. >> and the hometown of four teenage boys who died in north wales has cancelled tonight's switching on of their christmas lights. out of respect for the families involved, jevon hurst, harvey owen , will fletcher and harvey owen, will fletcher and hugo morris had set off on a camping trip to the snowdonia regio

and sustainability rules. >> it's a landmark punishment for domestic football and has left the merseysidethe decision. so joining me now for all the reaction is our sports broadcaster aidan magee aiden. explain to me what this means for the club . well, it means for the club. well, it depends which way you go with it , emily. >> really. >> really. >> i mean, the nuts and bolts of the punishment to start with is that everton posted losses of £372 million over a three year period, which is £250 million above what's permitted by the premier league. now, these rules were laid down from 2013 by the premier league, their own profit and sustainability rules, which which served alongside the ones already issued by uefa, which some clubs have already fallen foul of . foul of. >> now, the issue here is that, yes, reduced to yes, they've been reduced to 19th in the table and just four points. i think they've got a fighting chance of getting out of that situation. but what i did interest was did look at with interest was the colin cheong , the statement by colin cheong, the statement by colin cheong,

merseyside and brutally tortured the poor boy to death.murderers in uk history and after serving life sentences , after serving life sentences, both were released with new identities. in 2001, venables , identities. in 2001, venables, now 40, has returned to prison twice for possessing indecent images of children and was last sentenced to 14 months behind bars in 2018. but with his private parole hearing commencing earlier today , the commencing earlier today, the mother of james bulger has made a desperate plea for her son's killer not to be set free. denise fergus told the daily mirror venables has had so many chancesin mirror venables has had so many chances in the past and he's blown all. doesn't care . blown them all. he doesn't care. he care about he seriously doesn't care about anybody . and in a message anybody. and in a direct message to the parole board, she said, look into my eyes and see what i've had to deal with for 30 years. three decades of hell. keep people safe from this monster because that is what he is. and don't give

merseyside and brutally tortured the poor boy to death.murderers in uk history and after serving life sentences , after serving life sentences, both were released with new identities. in 2001, venables , identities. in 2001, venables, now 40, has returned to prison twice for possessing indecent images of children and was last sentenced to 14 months behind bars in 2018. but with his private parole hearing commencing earlier today , the commencing earlier today, the mother of james bulger has made a desperate plea for her son's killer not to be set free. denise fergus told the daily mirror venables has had so many chancesin mirror venables has had so many chances in the past and he's blown all. doesn't care . blown them all. he doesn't care. he care about he seriously doesn't care about anybody . and in a message anybody. and in a direct message to the parole board, she said, look into my eyes and see what i've had to deal with for 30 years. three decades of hell. keep people safe from this monster because that is what he is. and don't give

a two year old toddler snatched from a shopping centre in merseyside and brutally murdered by 210 yearkillers has a parole hearing which started today. but the mother of james bulger is urging the board not to release him, which join me now in the studio is ray addison gb news, reporter who's been covering this story. ray obviously a hugely horrific crime, but particularly around this parole hearing, a lot of controversy because as ralph bulger and denise fergus, the parents of jamie , wanted access parents of jamie, wanted access to this parole hearing but were denied. what's the latest? >> yeah, the parole board have just denied any access to this heanng just denied any access to this hearing from the press or or the parents of james bulger as well. they said that there's a risk that it information about john venables identity , new identity venables identity, new identity could be released accidentally. and that poses a risk to him . and that poses a risk to him. and that poses a risk to him. and so they're obviously trying to protect it. venables in this situation , denise has spok

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