michael buchanan, bbc news.d son has been jailed for a minimum of 22 years. ollie davis was found unresponsive at the family home in leicester in 2017. he had a broken neck as well as dozens of other injuries. 29—year—old michael davis was found guilty of his son's murder following a two—month trial. ollie's mother, kayleigh driver, has been jailed for seven years for allowing the death of a child and allowing serious physical injury. more than 7,000 complaints were made to police in the first week after scotland's new hate crime law came into operation. the controversial law created a new offence of stirring up hatred against what are known as protected characteristics, including age, sexual orientation, and transgender identity. police scotland said the "vast majority" of the reports were anonymous and in most cases no further action is being taken. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon can tell us more. this legislation has been controversial. concerns were raised about the effect of policing it, the pressu

michael buchanan, bbc news, leeds.as begun in the uk. steve young, from hertfordshire, was one of the first to get the jab, which uses a technology found in some covid vaccines. early studies show that in conjunction with another cancer drug, the new vaccine almost halved the risk of a recurrence of melanoma, or death, after three years. running was only meant to be a bit of fun, a hobby, to keep rose harvey busy when she lost herjob during lockdown. well, now the 31—year—old from london has just been told she'll represent team gb in the marathon at this summer's paris olympics. turns out she was rather good at her hobby, as sophie raworth explains. rose harvey only started running ten years ago, when she moved to london and joined a running club to get fit and meet people. keep pushing, keep pushing. well done, rose. she never imagined it would lead her to the olympics. i still cannot believe it. i am absolutely buzzing with excitement. itjust feels like two minutes ago that i was still working full—time as a lawyer,

michael buchanan, bbc news.d plans to commemorate the former prime minister and media mogul, silvio berlusconi, with a special postage stamp. it will be issued injune, a year after his death aged 86. the idea to honour berlusconi with a commemorative stamp was proposed by members of his political party, forza italia. silvio berlusconi influenced italian public life for decades and he is seen as a great statesman by many. however, he is also remembered as a controversial figure for his legal troubles and numerous sex scandals. i'v e i've been asking over news reporter in rome about how this decision has been received.— been received. controversial is definitely the _ been received. controversial is definitely the right _ been received. controversial is definitely the right word - been received. controversial is definitely the right word to - definitely the right word to describe a figure like silvio berlusconi, as you said, he builds a political career from scratch, a media empire, he was very charismatic. and he

michael buchanan, bbc news. teenage schoolboy who killed four of his classmates in a school shooting in michigan in 2021 have each been sentenced to at least ten years injail. in the first case of its kind, ethan crumbley�*s parents, james and jennifer, were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. 0ur north america correspondent john sudworth has more. neitherjames norjennifer crumbley pulled the trigger but in a country where gun violence in schools is all too common, this was a legal first. it is the sense of this court, mr crumbley, that you serve 10 to 15 years with the michigan department of corrections. the two now face at least a decade in prison for involuntary manslaughter as a result of the mass shooting carried out by their son. in 2021, they bought ethan crumbley, then 15 years old, a semi—automatic handgun as an early christmas present. a few days later, he took it to school in his backpack and shot dead four of his fellow students. last year, he was sentenced to life in prison without parole. but

here's our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan.g treating taxpayers' money like confetti, celebrating their role in one of britain's biggest benefit fraud operations. investigators found £750,000 in cash in one of the gangs homes. this was a sustained attack on a system that is supposed to protect the most vulnerable in our society. but instead, this gang used it as a cash machine to fund their lavish lifestyles. the group of three women and two men are all bulgarian nationals. they operated out of the wood green area of north london for a four and a half year period before their arrest in may 2021. the gang made thousands of fraudulent claims for universal credit, forging documents like tenancy agreements to support either real or stolen ids. if a claim was rejected they'd simply reapply, sometimes repeatedly, until it was granted. stealing so much money for so many years raises serious questions for the government. when universal credit was introduced, the government said it had been designed to reduce fraud in the welfare system

michael buchanan, bbc news, leeds. to represent team gb in the marathon. 31—year—old rose harvey only started running 10 years ago when she moved to london and joined a club to get fit and meet people. but it turned out she's quite good. she ran the london marathon a few years later in three hours. but it was during lockdown that her times really improved. she went from good club runner to olympic qualifier when she finished the chicago marathon last year in 2:23. there's strong evidence that global efforts at conservation are working, according to a study published in the journal science. the research took ten years, and looked at more than 600 conservation trials from around the world. the authors say some extinctions have been prevented and that the decline in biodiversity is being slowed. here's our climate and science reporter, esme stallard. biodiversity is declining at a faster rate than at any other time in human history, driven by climate change and habitat loss. but researchers from the environmental charity

michael buchanan, bbc news.ad doubts over the post office's approach to the truth. lord arbuthnot said he was also "frustrated and annoyed" with the government's response to his letter raising subpostmasters' concerns about the faulty horizon accounting software. here's zoe conway. he has been called the supposed masters at�* most trusted voice. conservative peer lord arbuthnot. —— supposed masters' most trusted voice. he started writing to ministers 15 years ago. the truth, the whole truth _ ministers 15 years ago. the truth, the whole truth and _ ministers 15 years ago. the truth, the whole truth and nothing - ministers 15 years ago. the truth, the whole truth and nothing but l ministers 15 years ago. the truth, l the whole truth and nothing but the truth... in the whole truth and nothing but the truth... :: :: ' ., ., truth... in 2009, he wrote to the business secretary _ truth... in 2009, he wrote to the business secretary peter - truth... in 2009, he wrote to the i business secretary peter mandelson asking

here's our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan.ti, celebrating their role in one of britain's biggest benefit fraud operations. investigators found £750,000 in cash in one of the gangs homes. this was a sustained attack on a system that is supposed to protect the most vulnerable in our society. but instead, this gang used it as a cash machine to fund their lavish lifestyles. the group of three women and two men are all bulgarian nationals. they operated out of the wood green area of north london for a four and a half year period before their arrest in may 2021. the gang made thousands of fraudulent claims for universal credit, forging documents like tenancy agreements to support either real or stolen ids. if a claim was rejected they'd simply reapply, sometimes repeatedly, until it was granted. stealing so much money for so many years raises serious questions for the government. when universal credit was introduced, the government said it had been designed to reduce fraud in the welfare system. that simply didn't happen. fraud incr

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michael buchanan, bbc news.n have a big impact here on earth, but monday's total solar eclipse had a profound and unexpected effect on the singles charts. # once upon a time there was light in my life. # total eclipse of the heart.# millions of people in the us turned out to witness the phenomenon, and it seems welsh icon bonnie tyler was provding the unofficial soundtrack. it's been reported that the singer is expected to make over a million pounds from the sudden surge in spotify streams of her 1983 power ballad as the moon covered the sun. that is amazing. that is a lot of carnage. are you still sounding like bonnie tyler? so much rain. good morning. _ like bonnie tyler? so much rain. good morning. this _ like bonnie tyler? so much rain. good morning. this morning - like bonnie tyler? so much rain. | good morning. this morning once again we are looking at when in cows. to start with it will be dry, there will be a little bit of sunshine around. a cold stop are also some frost. in the west we have when coming

professor michael cohen talking about that interesting between mr. polk and mr. buchanan, very qualified. but this again, is going to be a really tough because the country is having a mini civil war going on right now, kansas. and there's a lot of tension on so once again we asked this question coming in what's perspective of james buchanan when comes to things like the constitution, states rights and these kinds of topics? i had this earlier picture of him because the first quote is from his days in the senate way back in 1834, he had actually a comment along these lines. he said the, older i grow or she was young at the time, the more i'm inclined to be what is called a state rights man, the rights of the states reserved to by that instrument ought ever to be held sacred, similar to. his predecessors respect each other and the country will be in good shape. so when the compromise of 1850 came along, buchanan made a comment about it in 1850 and the whole fugitive slave law, and he says, look, this is totally fine. it's a well known historical fact that without this provi