mr arshid denies all of the charges.evidence today we expect to be cross examined early next week. john donnison, following that case at the old bailey. some of the other stories making bbc news at 5pm: a teenager has pleaded not guilty to trying to kill passengers on a london underground train with a home—made bomb. 30 people were injured at parsons green tube station after a device partially exploded last september. ahmed hassan, who's 18 and from sunbury in surrey, appeared at the old bailey via a video—link. he was remanded in custody until next month. an inquest into the death of the cranberries' singer, dolores 0'riordan, has been adjourned while the coroner waits for test results. the irish musician died suddenly in london on monday at the age of 46. a woman who backed out of a suicide pact, leaving a man to die alone, has been sentenced to four years injail. 44—year—old natasha gordon was convicted in december of encouraging 31—year—old matthew birkinshaw to take his own life. the postman from the west midlands w

mr arshid is also on trial accused of raping and murdering 20—year—old celine dookhran lastjuly. sharply than expected last month, contributing to the worst christmas performance on the high street for five years. the news came as carpetright issued a profits warning that saw its shares plummet, with the company losing 40% of its value today. seven years into the syrian war and a new offensive is threatening to open up in what is an increasingly complex conflict. turkey, which has long fought kurdish separatists within its own country, is now shelling kurdish militia in the afrin region over the border in northern syria, and threatening an all—out ground offensive, possibly as soon as tomorrow. america is warning turkey to stay out. from inside syria, our chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports. warning shots across the border. the target isn't really syria, it's the kurdish militia now controlling the land all too close to turkey. tanks and troops are also moving into position, the de facto start of a ground invasion. that's what turkey's defence minister calls thi

mr arshid, for his part, denies all the charges. thank you very much.n. he denies murder and attempted murder. earlier our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, brought us the latest from woolwich crown court. much of this morning was taken up looking at what darren osborne had been doing on the internet in the two weeks before the attack. he appears to have joined twitter two weeks before the attack. there is evidence suggesting that. he receives a direct message from the deputy leader of britain first. over the next few days he does several searches for the leader of the britain first and receives a group emailfrom tommy robinson, one of the founders of the edl, the english defence league, another far—right group. on the day before the attack, before he travels to london to carry out this attack he reads, on an ipad belonging to his eldest daughter, two tweets from tommy robinson one saying, "when the muslims bombed our kids we were told not to look back in anger" and "where was the day of rage after the terrorist attacks, all i saw was lightin

he is accused of assisting mr arshid in the initial kidnapping. both men deny the charges.owing the snap elections in december. but there's controversy around plans to re—install carles puigdemont as president, if he remains in self—imposed exile in brussels. our europe reporter gavin lee gave us the latest from barcelona. the separatist parties were dismissed from government, about to reshape, forming a coalition, but what we're hearing today is the opening of parliament, i spent the last few days here working out where the catalan independence crisis is going next. the catalan parliament, where the only official business for the last two months has been clearing the cobwebs. standing empty since being shut down by the spanish government, following the attempt of separatist regional leaders here to break away. and in the snap elections in december, no party gained a majority. today is the opening of parliament, and separatist parties are being given the formal mandate to try to form a coalition. and they're also expected to propose the ex—president, carles puigdemont, as t

mr arshid. should say mr arshid denies all the charges. denies all the charges. undercover officer —— hack into the router. router. 2013 decided there wasn't enough evidence to bring charges. evidence to bring charges. actually get onto the defence case today. today. against him was a compulsive liar and manipulator. the trial continues. jon donnison, thank you. it is 90 minutes past one. —— it is 19 minutes past one. considerably worse state, according to a leaked government report. government report. striker cyrille regis. carried out by the bbc. one of the subjects. all being squeezed. pressures were the most common reasons given, asjo black reports. timetable for decades, but for how much longer? and is teaching some of the classes himself. to run certain classes. gsces in art, music, drama, and photography. ijust want to have, like, the chance to express myself. i couldn't see myself enjoying it as much. a lot of pressure. about their arts provision. 40% — that's more than 1200 schools — re