parliament has come to life since mrjuncker spoke this morning.k. 0ne mep told me many of his colleagues were already on holiday. others say that the real work it is done in lower profile committees and plenty of meps will turn up to vote later on. still, the parliamentary authorities will not be happy that the head of one eu institution has taken such a big swipe at another. adam fleming, bbc news. the bbc‘s panorama programme has uncovered evidence of repeated cover—ups of historical sex abuse in britain's cadet forces. victims have spoken for the first time of senior cadet leaders covering up complaints, and pressurising families not to go to the police. the cadets is one of the uk's largest youth organisations, with 130,000 members. it's overseen by the ministry of defence, which says it has "robust procedures in place to protect cadets". katie razzall reports. tony was sexually abused when he was on a trip with the cheshunt sea cadets in 1981. one night obviously there was a sensation, i woke up, and there he was. i think he was actually crou

but talking about mrjuncker, it was quite an outburst.many meps turned up to hear him address the parliament. was it right to criticise you guys? no, i don't think so. he had a moment — that happens, we all have our moments every now and then. the reality is like westminster — if people aren't in the chamber, that's because they are working elsewhere in the building. i was in working groups that morning — i had three back—to—back working groups on the different pieces of legislation we are working on. so the reality is very different from the one he was talking about here. we have monday—thursday, as with westminster, to get a lot of work done and you concentrate on effective work, rather than sitting in chambers. do you agree he overstepped the mark? do you feel, as president of the commission, he was due a bit of respect from elected representatives like yourself to at least come and hear him speak? i think this works both ways. there has been a number of occasions where he should have actually been present in the chamber himself and he

parliament has come to life since mrjuncker spoke this morning. is done in lower profile committees and plenty of meps will turn up to vote later on. still, the parliamentary authorities will not be happy that the head of one eu institution has taken such a big swipe at another. adam fleming, bbc news, strasbourg. the us—led coalition in syria says its allies have breached the historic wall of the old city of raqqa, the capital of so called islamic state militants. more than two thousand jihadifighters, and up to a hundred thousand civilians, are still thought to be inside the enclave. but iraqi forces say they are also close to taking the few remaining streets controlled by is in mosul, as our correspondent richard galpin reports. 0n the front lines of raqqa, the capital of so—called islamic state. it's looking increasingly vulnerable. these are troops of the syrian democratic forces, or sdf, who are backed by the united states. over the past few weeks they have advanced rapidly through the outskirts towards the city centre. this kurdish commande

parliament has come to life since mrjuncker spoke this morning.r break. one mep told me many of his colleagues were already on holiday. others say that the real work here is done in lower profile committees and plenty of meps will turn up to vote later on. still, the parliamentary authorities will not be happy that the head of one eu institution has taken such a big swipe at another. adam fleming, bbc news, strasbourg. this is worth taking a look at, isn't it, simon? it is annita! if you keep petrol containers in your garden shed, you don't want this to happen. wow! that happened a p pa re ntly happen. wow! that happened apparently when a faulty fluorescent light fitting ignited petrol vapours. the cause has been difficult to establish because of the damage. west yorkshire fire and rescue service said the fire was probably caused when a faulty light fitting ignited petrol vapours coming from petrol containers or garden machinery. either way, coming from petrol containers or garden machinery. eitherway, no shed left. no one was hurt. and no one was

parliament has come to life since mrjuncker spoke this morning.fore the summer break. 0ne mep told me many of his colleagues were already on holiday. others say that the real work here is done in lower profile committees and plenty of meps will turn up to vote later on. still, the parliamentary authorities will not be happy that the head of one eu institution has taken such a big swipe at another. adam fleming, bbc news, strasbourg. the high court has ruled that a 16—year—old boy who was held in solitary confinement for more than 23 hours had his human rights breached. the teenager, who has significant mental health problems, was kept in a cell at feltham young 0ffenders institution for four and a half months, without access to education. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw sent this report from the high court. it holds some of the most troubled and dangerous teenage boys in the country. but is feltham young 0ffenders institution looking after them in the right way? last week, an inspection report said the centre was not safe for staff or bo

true, mrjuncker? yes. now what will the eu look like after brexit?on amongst leaders and this week president macron waded into the debate. 0n monday he said that the european union had to be revived by a new generation of leaders. and he announced that france and germany would launch a graphic conventions by the end of 2017, with the aim of re— founding europe. he insisted each member state would be free to sign—on or not. but there is no longer time for quick fixes. 6erman chancellor angela merkel has signalled her support for a change in europe, one day after the briton negotiations began, she told the federation of german industry she was open to a joint eu finance minister. it only if the framework conditions are right. and she said she would discuss the eurozone by the budget, as long as it is clear that this will truly strengthen structures and do meaningful things. the debate follows on from mr juncker ‘s white paper outlining five scenarios the future of the eu, it was discussed at the rome summit in march. that ranged from the eu re— focusin

mrjuncker complained that only a low number of meps had turned up.brate the end of his country's six—month stint helping to run the european union but look how few meps turned up, prompting this outburst from the president of the european commission. only a few members here, you are ridiculous... translation: i'm asking you to have a more respectful attitude, you can criticise the parliament but it is for the parliament to control the commission, not the other way around. despite a telling off, he made this pledge. i will never again attempt a meeting of this kind. the commission is under the control of the parliament but the parliament has the respect even the presidencies of smaller countries and the parliament is not doing that. parliament has come to life sincejean—claude that. parliament has come to life since jean—claude juncker spoke this morning, but the corridors here do feel empty for this final session before the summer break. one mep told me that many of his colleagues already on holly. others say the real work here is done in lower profi